Eau du Sud
The first spray brings a shock of Mediterranean greenness—basil and bergamot meeting the sharp brightness of grapefruit.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Citrus80
- Herbal70
- Mossy70
- Earthy
The note pyramid
- Basil
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Mint
- Magnolia
- Jasmine
- Lily
By the editors · 2 min readThe first spray brings a shock of Mediterranean greenness—basil and bergamot meeting the sharp brightness of grapefruit. It's immediate and invigorating, like stepping into a shaded herb garden after hours in the sun. The opening feels almost culinary, yet too refined to smell edible.
As it settles, mint mingles with jasmine in an unusual pairing that shouldn't work but does. The citrus persists underneath, lime adding a zesty edge that keeps the florals from turning sweet. There's a coolness here, but not the synthetic chill of sport fragrances—more like the natural coolness of stone walls and wet leaves.
The base brings it down to earth with vetiver and oakmoss, grounding the brightness in something earthy and slightly bitter. Patchouli adds body without turning heavy. This reads distinctly unisex, perhaps leaning masculine, and suits those who prefer their summer scents bracingly fresh rather than beach-ready.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.




