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Frédéric Malle · Est. 2021

Synthetic Jungle

Synthetic Jungle opens with a sharp green provocation — galbanum's cold, sappy bitterness alongside basil's aromatic herb, with black currant adding a dark, jammy contrasting note.

ConcentrationFragrance
Forunisex
Released2021
Perfumeranne flipo
Statusenriched
Synthetic Jungle — Frédéric Malle
2021 · Fragrance
jas·oak·pat·gra
Rating
3.8
1.4k 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.

  • Jasmine
    60
  • Oakmoss
    50
  • Patchouli
    40
  • Green
    30
  • Musk
    30

By the editors · 2 min readSynthetic Jungle opens with a sharp green provocation — galbanum's cold, sappy bitterness alongside basil's aromatic herb, with black currant adding a dark, jammy contrasting note. It's an opening that announces its intentions: this is not a tame floral. The heart is where the title earns its meaning: jasmine, ylang-ylang, and lily of the valley are given a synthetic clarity that makes them hyperreal rather than naturalistic, while almond's milky sweetness softens the green edge into something unexpectedly lush.

Oakmoss and patchouli in the base are classical and slightly damp — the natural foundation beneath the manufactured jungle above. Dominique Ropion's construction is as clever as it is unexpected.

Filed: Frédéric MalleSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap