Only The Brave
Only the Brave opens with a jolt of citrus and spice that quickly gives way to its violet heart—not powdery or sweet, but green and slightly metallic, sharpened by Virginia cedar.
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.
- Leather85
- Woody75
- Amber65
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Violet Leaf
- Rosemary
- Labdanum
- Virginia Cedar
- Violet
- Leather
- Leather
By the editors · 2 min readOnly the Brave opens with a jolt of citrus and spice that quickly gives way to its violet heart—not powdery or sweet, but green and slightly metallic, sharpened by Virginia cedar. This combination feels modern and muscular, less floral than woody-aromatic with an unusual coolness at its center.
The base brings warmth through amber and benzoin, but leather remains the anchor: supple rather than harsh, with styrax adding a resinous smokiness. The contrast between the crisp violet-cedar accord and the darker, animalic base creates tension that keeps the fragrance from settling into simple sweetness.
This is diesel translating its denim-and-motor aesthetic into scent—urban, physical, designed for impact rather than subtlety. It suits someone who wants presence without traditional cologne polish, comfortable in its deliberate roughness.
Scent twins
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