H M les Cayes Vetyver
Lemon and grapefruit create a brisk, juicy opening that feels like chilled citrus peel snapped under bright light.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 4 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.
- Citrus70
- Woody60
- Fresh Spicy40
- Powdery
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
- Nutmeg
- Jasmine
- Violet
- Guaiac Wood
By the editors · 2 min readLemon and grapefruit create a brisk, juicy opening that feels like chilled citrus peel snapped under bright light. Nutmeg slips in quickly, dusting the citrus with a dry, warm-spicy haze that softens the edges and prepares the way for the heart. Jasmine arrives clean and transparent, while violet adds a cool, powdery facet that keeps the composition airy rather than lush. As the florals reccede, guaiac wood brings a faint, pencil-shaving smokiness that meshes with vetiver’s rooty, grassy texture, turning the scent crisp and woody. The dry-down is a muted vetiver-guaiac duet, still flecked with distant citrus dust, projecting no farther than arm’s length. It wears best in warm weather, suited to casual office days or weekend errands when you want quiet freshness without aquatic clichés.
Scent twins
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