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Frédéric Malle · Est. 2000

Musc Ravageur

A lavender opening quickly gives way to cinnamon heat, almost medicinal in its intensity.

ConcentrationFragrance
Forunisex
Released2000
Statusenriched
Musc Ravageur — Frédéric Malle
2000 · Fragrance
cin·mus·amb·ton
Rating
4.2
7.4k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 9 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.

  • Cinnamon
    90
  • Musk
    90
  • Amber
    80
  • Tonka
    70
  • Vanilla
    70

By the editors · 2 min readA lavender opening quickly gives way to cinnamon heat, almost medicinal in its intensity. This is not polite spice—it radiates from the skin with a warmth that feels physical, bordering on feverish. The musk underneath is animalic and unapologetic, a dense cloud of amber and vanilla that never quite sweetens into dessert territory. Maurice Roudnitsa's composition maintains tension between the clean and the carnal throughout its wear.

As it settles, sandalwood and tonka soften the edges without domesticating the scent. The lavender becomes a memory, the cinnamon a persistent hum. What remains is a skin scent that announces presence without volume—intimate but never private. Best suited to those comfortable with perfume that feels like second skin rather than accessory, and to cold weather when its radiating warmth makes sense. Not for tentative wearers.

Filed: Frédéric MalleSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap