Les Parfums Mythiques - Xeryus
Xeryus was Givenchy's 1986 masculine, and the Les Parfums Mythiques reissue preserves the structure that made the original notable.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 23 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.
- Mossy70
- Lavender55
- Earthy55
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Lavender
- Basil
- Grapefruit
- Clary Sage
- Cinnamon
- Tarragon
- Jasmine
By the editors · 2 min readXeryus was Givenchy's 1986 masculine, and the Les Parfums Mythiques reissue preserves the structure that made the original notable. It opens with aromatic herbs — basil, clary sage, and lavender — alongside grapefruit, giving the first minutes a sharp, assertive character. The heart builds complexity through juniper berry, geranium, and carnation, with tarragon adding a slightly anise-green note and jasmine softening the edges.
The base is classic fougère architecture: oakmoss, cedar, vetiver, and olibanum together form a dense, woody-resinous foundation with tonka providing dry sweetness. This is a masculine from the era of confidence — not transparent or evasive, but precisely structured and intentional. Best in cool weather where the depth reads as authority.
Scent twins
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