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The opening arrives as a peculiar green-floral harmony, where tarragon's anise-like sharpness cuts through Bulgarian rose and a whisper of apricot.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 18 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.
- Rose80
- Mossy75
- Woody70
- Floral
The note pyramid
- Tarragon
- Bulgarian Rose
- Apricot
- Osmanthus
- Bergamot
- Violet
- Jasmine
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening arrives as a peculiar green-floral harmony, where tarragon's anise-like sharpness cuts through Bulgarian rose and a whisper of apricot. It's an unusual introduction that recalls the herbal clarity of a formal garden after rain, aromatic rather than sweet, with violet and osmanthus adding a powdery, suede-like texture beneath the brightness.
The heart unfolds into classic white florals—jasmine and lily of the valley—but eucalyptus keeps everything from becoming too plush, maintaining that cool, medicinal edge. The iris contributes a lipstick smoothness while multiple rose facets deepen the composition without overwhelming it.
The base settles into oakmoss and sandalwood territory, grounded by civet's animalic warmth and patchouli's earthy shadows. This is French perfumery from an era when complexity and contrast mattered more than mass appeal—intellectual, structured, wearing close to the skin with a persistent mossy-musky trail. Best suited to those who appreciate perfume as architecture rather than decoration.
Scent twins
In this family
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.
