Original Vetiver
The opening is gentle and sunlit—bright bergamot tempered by a low hum of ginger that keeps the citrus from turning sharp.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Woody75
- Earthy70
- Citrus60
- Fresh
The note pyramid
- Ginger
- Bergamot
- Sandalwood
- Pink Pepper
- Iris
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is gentle and sunlit—bright bergamot tempered by a low hum of ginger that keeps the citrus from turning sharp. Within minutes, the composition settles into its true nature: a soft, almost blurred vetiver that lacks the grassy bite often associated with the root. This is vetiver seen through a scrim of sandalwood and iris, smoothed into something powdery and refined rather than earthy or green.
What emerges is less a showcase of vetiver's complexity than a study in restraint. The base holds close to skin, musky and faintly ambery, with just enough woody warmth to anchor it. Pink pepper adds a brief flicker of spice in the heart, but nothing dominates.
Original Vetiver reads as polished and easy—suited to those who want the idea of vetiver without its rough edges. It's comfortable in warm weather and formal settings alike, though it won't announce itself across a room.
Scent twins
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