Nuit D'Issey Polaris 2020
Nuit D'Issey Polaris is the richest entry in the Nuit line, moving away from the original's soapy musk and into heavier territory.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- Leather80
- Amber75
- Oud70
- Patchouli
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Cypress
- Bergamot
- Oud
- Cedar
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readNuit D'Issey Polaris is the richest entry in the Nuit line, moving away from the original's soapy musk and into heavier territory. Cypress and black pepper open with a crisp, resinous sharpness before oud and patchouli establish the composition's real register: dense, slightly smoky, warm without being sweet.
The base is deeply layered — leather, labdanum, gurjun balsam, and amber building a foundation that sits heavily but not unpleasantly. The drydown improves with hours rather than fading quietly, the resins developing a lived-in depth that rewards patience. Built for cold evenings and low light; it belongs in a coat pocket, not a beach bag.
Scent twins
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