Fils de Dieu du Riz et des Agrumes Philippine Houseboy
Ginger and lemon open with a bright zingy snap, the ginger raw and slightly soapy rather than candied.
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.
- Leather80
- Fresh50
- Warm Spicy50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Ginger
- Lemon
- Jasmine
- Cardamom
- Tonka Bean
- Leather
By the editors · 2 min readGinger and lemon open with a bright zingy snap, the ginger raw and slightly soapy rather than candied. That citrus-spice combination feels almost beverage-like for a moment.
The heart introduces jasmine and cardamom — an unusual pairing where the cardamom's cool aromatic edge keeps the jasmine from getting too lush. There's a faint waxy quality already hinting at what's coming underneath.
The base drops into leather, tonka, and amber — leather is the dominant impression here, smooth and slightly animalic, warmed by tonka's hay sweetness and amber's resinous glow. The transition from citrus to leather is the central drama. Overall the character reads sophisticated and slightly off-kilter, a citrus-leather worth wearing in cool weather, evening or daytime alike.
Scent twins
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