Jil Sander Man Jil Sander 2007 Eau de Toilette
Lavender opens with bergamot alongside a violet note that adds soft floralcy rather than sweetness.
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.
- Lavender90
- Aromatic80
- Herbal70
- Violet
The note pyramid
- Lavender
- Bergamot
- Violet
- Sage
- Vetiver
- Myrrh
By the editors · 2 min readLavender opens with bergamot alongside a violet note that adds soft floralcy rather than sweetness. The combination is herbal-aromatic, clean but not generic, with the violet preventing the lavender from reading as purely functional.
Sage brings a dry, resinous herbal quality in the heart, shading into vetiver's smoky earthiness. This pairing pulls the composition away from barbershop territory and into something more rugged and naturalistic. The transition is gradual rather than abrupt.
Myrrh and cedar form a spare, slightly resinous base that supports without overwhelming. The overall effect is lean and considered — a stripped-down aromatic with enough texture in the base to sustain interest through the drydown.
Scent twins
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