Russisch Leder Johann Maria Farina gegenüber dem Jülichs-Platz 1967 Eau de Toilette
Basil opens with a cool, peppery green snap that cuts through lemon and bergamot, giving the citrus top a faintly culinary edge.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Leather90
- Mossy80
- Aromatic60
The note pyramid
- Basil
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Cinnamon
- Vetiver
- Moss
By the editors · 2 min readBasil opens with a cool, peppery green snap that cuts through lemon and bergamot, giving the citrus top a faintly culinary edge. Cinnamon lands early in the heart, warming the blend and linking the herbs to a dry, grassy vetiver that keeps the spice from turning sweet. Moss and leather dominate the base: the oakmoss supplies a damp forest-floor bitterness, while the leather is matte, smoke-tinged, almost rawhide rather than suede. Vanilla arrives late but stays quiet, softening the mossy bite just enough to let musk and styrax add a low, resinous growl that lingers on fabric. Projection stays within arm’s length for six hours; the scent feels best on cool, overcast days with a scarf and boots.
Scent twins
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