Eau Sauvage Parfum
The opening is all citrus brightness—petitgrain and bergamot cutting through with a green, slightly bitter edge that feels more herbal than fruity.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 17 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.
- Citrus80
- Cinnamon70
- Lavender70
- Earthy
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Orange
- Bergamot
- Lavender
- Vetiver
- Oakmoss
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is all citrus brightness—petitgrain and bergamot cutting through with a green, slightly bitter edge that feels more herbal than fruity. There's none of the scrubbed-clean feeling of modern colognes; this is sharp and alive, with an almost medicinal clarity.
As it settles, lavender arrives with its usual calm, but vetiver keeps it from turning soapy. The moss and myrrh in the base add weight without turning heavy, creating something darker and more contemplative than the original Eau Sauvage. Patchouli grounds it further, earthy rather than sweet.
This is a dressed-up version of the 1966 classic—still recognizably aromatic and citrus-led, but with added depth and a slightly smokier disposition. It suits someone who wants the freshness of a cologne with the staying power and seriousness of something richer.
Scent twins
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.
