Vetiver
Grapefruit and bergamot open with a brisk, bitter-citrus snap that quickly folds into patchouli’s earthy leafiness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody50
- Green
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Patchouli
- Violet
- Vetiver
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readGrapefruit and bergamot open with a brisk, bitter-citrus snap that quickly folds into patchouli’s earthy leafiness. Violet enters early, dusting the heart with a cool, mineral-powder sheen that quiets the citrus without erasing it. As the top recedes, vetiver root takes over, dry and grassy, stitched to clean cedar planks by a wash of skin-close white musk. Patchouli lingers underneath, adding a muted chocolate-brown soil tint that keeps the wood from turning too clean. The result is a linear, shadow-green profile that stays close but persistent, projecting an arm’s-length aura for six hours before settling into a soft, bark-like skin scent. Cool spring mornings and casual office days are its natural habitat.
Scent twins
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