Givenchy pour Homme
The opening surprise here is violet — not grapefruit as you might expect.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Earthy65
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Violet
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Violet
- Vetiver
- Labdanum
- Cedar
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening surprise here is violet — not grapefruit as you might expect. It arrives cool and almost metallic, a green-leafed freshness that briefly masks the citrus beneath. Within minutes, the vetiver takes hold, earthy and unsweetened, with none of the smokiness that often accompanies it in masculine fragrances. This is vetiver pulled directly from the root, still damp with soil.
As it settles, labdanum adds a subtle amber warmth without turning the composition sweet or resinous. The cedar provides structure rather than volume, keeping everything taut and close to the skin. The grapefruit, initially restrained, reappears intermittently as a bright accent rather than a sustained note.
What emerges is a study in restraint — a fragrance that resists the impulse to project or seduce. It works best for someone who prefers their scent felt rather than announced, green and woody without leaning into either sportiness or formality.
Scent twins
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