Green Irish Tweed
Green Irish Tweed opens with a bright, almost electric freshness—lemon verbena sharpness tempered by the cool powderiness of iris.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Green75
- Lemon70
- Sandalwood65
- Iris60
- Iris Powder50
By the editors · 2 min readGreen Irish Tweed opens with a bright, almost electric freshness—lemon verbena sharpness tempered by the cool powderiness of iris. It's clean but never soapy, more like standing in tall grass after rain than stepping out of a shower. The violet leaf arrives quickly, adding a green, slightly metallic bite that keeps everything from turning sweet or nostalgic.
As it settles, sandalwood provides a smooth, creamy foundation without overwhelming the composition's essential brightness. The ambergris lends a subtle salinity, a mineral quality that suggests sea air rather than heavy musk. This isn't a perfume that changes dramatically over hours—it maintains its clear, green-woody character from beginning to end.
The overall effect is polished and self-assured, masculine in the traditional sense but never aggressive. It works equally well in boardrooms and open fields, which perhaps explains its enduring popularity across decades. A perfume that smells expensive without announcing it.
