Pierre Originelle
Cumin and pink pepper open with a dry, earthy spice that carries a faintly metallic edge over cool mint.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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
- Woody50
- Iris
The note pyramid
- Cumin
- Pink Pepper
- Mint
- White Musk
- Sandalwood
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readCumin and pink pepper open with a dry, earthy spice that carries a faintly metallic edge over cool mint. Mint emerges quickly, its herbal freshness cutting through the spice with a crisp green lift. White musk softens the transition, lending a clean skin-like quality that blends into sandalwood's creamy woodiness. Cedar provides dry support, its pencil-shaving texture grounding the composition without overwhelming the delicate balance. Development remains relatively linear after the initial spice-mint interplay, settling into a musky wood base with subtle aromatic warmth. Projection stays intimate within an hour, lasting four to six hours as a close skin scent best for casual daytime wear in spring or fall.
Scent twins
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