Artisan
The opening is herbal and faintly medicinal, thyme cutting through with a savory edge that feels more kitchen garden than cologne counter.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Aromatic50
- White Floral50
- Sweet50
- Fruity
The note pyramid
- Thyme
- Ginger
- Lavender
- Jasmine
- Orange Blossom
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is herbal and faintly medicinal, thyme cutting through with a savory edge that feels more kitchen garden than cologne counter. It's an unusual greeting, slightly bitter, deliberately unpolished.
As it settles, lavender and ginger create a warmth that bridges traditional fougère structure with something earthier and less groomed. The florals—jasmine and orange blossom—stay muted, providing texture rather than sweetness. There's an artisanal quality to the construction, materials that feel handled rather than processed, though the name telegraphs this perhaps too directly.
The base is soft amber and skin musk, anchoring everything in familiarity after the unconventional start. It suits someone drawn to fragrances that reference classic men's barbershop accords but prefer them roughened, made less predictable. Wearable for daily life but distinct enough to register as a choice.
Scent twins
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.




