Cuir Celeste
Violet leaf opens with a raw, chlorophyll bite that the black pepper sharpens into something almost metallic, while galbanum adds a resinous green snap that feels like crushed stems.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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.
- Green70
- Leather60
- Fresh50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Violet Leaf
- Black Pepper
- Galbanum
- Ambrette
- Osmanthus
By the editors · 2 min readViolet leaf opens with a raw, chlorophyll bite that the black pepper sharpens into something almost metallic, while galbanum adds a resinous green snap that feels like crushed stems. The heart slides in with ambrette seed musk that softens the edges without ever turning sweet, letting the osmanthus deliver its suede-apricot nuance that quietly nudges the composition toward leather without ever saying it aloud. Cypriol and patchouli in the base keep the texture dry and smoky, a dusty wood-paneled room rather than a tack shop, while clean musks polish the finish to a matte grey. Projection stays polite, hovering inside personal space for six hours, then settling into a papery skin scent that reads like well-worn cashmere. Office-ready in spring and fall; the violet leaf keeps it cool enough for air-conditioning, the dry woods warm enough for a chill.
Scent twins
In this family
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.