Paradox for Men
Basil opens with a crisp herbal greenness that quickly settles into a warm honeyed core.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 16 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.
- Honey60
- Mossy60
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Basil
- Honey
- Cedar
- Cardamom
- Sandalwood
- Oakmoss
By the editors · 2 min readBasil opens with a crisp herbal greenness that quickly settles into a warm honeyed core. Cardamom and cedar provide a spicy woody heart that bridges the aromatic top to the resinous base. Sandalwood and vetiver ground the composition with creamy earthiness while oakmoss adds a classic chypre-like dryness. Amber and vanilla lend a subtle sweetness that softens the overall woody character without becoming overtly gourmand. Musk extends the wear with a clean skin-like finish that persists for several hours. Projection remains moderate throughout, settling close to the skin after the first hour. Best suited for cooler weather and evening occasions where its complexity can unfold gradually.
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.
