Essence of Jerusalem
Essence of Jerusalem opens with petitgrain, basil, lemon, thyme, and bergamot — a herbaceous-citrus fanfare that is complex from the first moment.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Lavender60
- Herbal50
- Aromatic50
- Yellow Floral
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Basil
- Lemon
- Thyme
- Bergamot
- Lavender
- Jasmine
By the editors · 2 min readEssence of Jerusalem opens with petitgrain, basil, lemon, thyme, and bergamot — a herbaceous-citrus fanfare that is complex from the first moment. Thyme especially registers with an almost medicinal-green intensity.
The heart adds lavender, jasmine, ylang-ylang, cedar, rose, and anise, broadening the composition into a full aromatic-floral register. The anise is unusual and gives a licorice inflection that distinguishes this from conventional floral-herbal blends.
Vanilla, cedar, patchouli, galbanum, and musk complete a substantial base. This is a full, richly composed fragrance with real ambition. The herbal-citrus opening, floral-anise heart, and warm woody base form a clear arc. A confident and atmospheric composition.
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.
