Chevalier d'Orsay
Lavender and basil open with a crisp aromatic herbal quality complemented by orange's subtle citrus brightness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- Aromatic60
- Warm Spicy60
- Herbal40
- Earthy
The note pyramid
- Lavender
- Basil
- Orange
- Cinnamon
- Mint
- Nutmeg
By the editors · 2 min readLavender and basil open with a crisp aromatic herbal quality complemented by orange's subtle citrus brightness. Cinnamon and nutmeg introduce a warm spicy heart with mint adding a cool counterpoint that creates an intriguing contrast. Patchouli provides an earthy base that grounds the composition while musk adds a soft skin-scent finish. The fragrance evolves noticeably from fresh aromatic to warm spicy, projecting moderately before becoming intimate after two hours. Best for cool weather wear in fall or winter, it suits formal occasions with its complex character lasting six to eight hours on skin.
Scent twins
In this family
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
