Boss Soul
A shower of bergamot and cardamom opens with surprising brightness before anise introduces a cooler, almost medicinal edge.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Fresh Spicy50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Cardamom
- Cardamom
- Bergamot
- Bergamot
- Anise
- Cinnamon
By the editors · 2 min readA shower of bergamot and cardamom opens with surprising brightness before anise introduces a cooler, almost medicinal edge. This first impression feels clean and deliberate, a bracing prelude to what follows. Within minutes, the spices arrive in earnest—cinnamon and black pepper create warmth without aggression, while lavender keeps the composition from turning too sweet or heavy.
The dry down settles into a soft bed of tonka bean and vanilla, grounded by vetiver's earthy bitterness and a whisper of amber. The overall effect is polished and approachable, occupying a middle ground between aromatic freshness and gourmand comfort. It suggests tailored shirts and Sunday mornings rather than boardrooms or nightclubs.
Boss Soul feels designed for someone who wants presence without drama—confident enough to wear spice, restrained enough to avoid excess. The lavender-tonka axis gives it a soapy-smooth quality that reads as casually elegant rather than overtly seductive.
Scent twins
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