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Frédéric Malle · Est. 2009

Geranium Pour Monsieur

The geranium here is more herbal workshop than garden—sharp mint and medicinal anise cut through any softness, giving the opening an almost camphoraceous chill.

ConcentrationFragrance
Formasculine
Released2009
Statusenriched
Geranium Pour Monsieur — Frédéric Malle
2009 · Fragrance
inc·san·cin·ros
Rating
4.0
1.4k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 6 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.

  • Incense
    80
  • Sandalwood
    70
  • Cinnamon
    70
  • Rosemary
    60
  • Amber
    50

By the editors · 2 min readThe geranium here is more herbal workshop than garden—sharp mint and medicinal anise cut through any softness, giving the opening an almost camphoraceous chill. Beneath that clarity, spice begins to smolder: cinnamon and clove build warmth without sweetness, the kind that lingers on wool rather than skin.

As it settles, resins and sandalwood anchor the composition in something contemplative and faintly austere. The incense feels more like stone than smoke, benzoin adding just enough roundness to soften the edges. What emerges is a study in contrasts—clean and brooding, aromatic and resinous, precise but never cold.

This is tailoring for someone uninterested in charm. It skews cerebral, almost monastic, better suited to quiet confidence than any attempt to seduce. A scent that asks nothing of its wearer and expects the same in return.

Filed: Frédéric MalleSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap