Les Lions d'Arthes 2001
A citrus wave opens sharply—bergamot and lemon cutting through blackcurrant's tart sweetness—then quickly softens into something warmer.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Sandalwood75
- Cedar70
- Bergamot65
- Lemon60
- Musk60
By the editors · 2 min readA citrus wave opens sharply—bergamot and lemon cutting through blackcurrant's tart sweetness—then quickly softens into something warmer. The heart arrives with ylang-ylang and jasmine jostling against a peculiar peach-nutmeg accord that reads more vintage than fresh, like a fruit bowl dusted with spice in a wood-paneled room.
The base settles into classic masculine territory: sandalwood and cedar anchor a mossy-musky foundation, while vanilla rounds the edges without ever turning sweet. Patchouli adds earthiness, oakmoss a touch of old-school formality.
This is an early-2000s take on the fresh-woody template—citrus up top, florals for complexity, woods to finish—delivered without pretense. Straightforward and legible, it suits someone looking for everyday structure rather than intrigue. The kind of scent that doesn't announce itself but simply accompanies.