Jean Patou 1972 Parfum
Bergamot and violet leaf open with a clean, slightly tart lift before osmanthus adds a faint apricot-skin quality to the first moments.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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.
- Mossy90
- Floral80
- Green60
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Violet Leaf
- Osmanthus
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Lily of the Valley
- Rose Geranium
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot and violet leaf open with a clean, slightly tart lift before osmanthus adds a faint apricot-skin quality to the first moments. The composition then settles into a full, classic floral heart where jasmine dominates, with rose lending depth and lily of the valley contributing a watery lightness.
The base is where this perfume earns its weight. Oakmoss and patchouli pull the florals into chypre territory — dense, earthy, and faintly green — while sandalwood softens the transition. The result is a mossy floral with real structure, leaning cool and slightly austere rather than sweet or powdery.
Scent twins
In this family
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