Mandarine Basilic Harvest 2023
Mandarine Basilic Harvest is a seasonal release within Guerlain's Aqua Allegoria collection, built around two ingredients in close proximity: the bright peel oil of mandarin and the green, slightly anise-touched edge of basil.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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.
- Green55
- Fresh Spicy50
- Herbal10
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Basil
- Woody Notes
- Green Tea
- Mandarin
By the editors · 2 min readMandarine Basilic Harvest is a seasonal release within Guerlain's Aqua Allegoria collection, built around two ingredients in close proximity: the bright peel oil of mandarin and the green, slightly anise-touched edge of basil. A green tea note filters through, and a woody base keeps the composition from dissipating entirely. The structure is intentionally simple — a citrus-herbal snapshot rather than a composition with distinct developmental arcs. Longevity is modest by design; the effect is clarity and immediacy rather than persistence. It works best as a warm-weather option for those who prefer fragrance to read as clean and close to the skin.
Scent twins
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