John Varvatos XX Indigo
Mint and peppermint hit immediately — cool, sharp, and slightly medicinal — with pink pepper adding a dry, sneezy bite and lemon lending a brief citric flash that fades within minutes.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Mint
- Peppermint
- Pink Pepper
- Lemon
- Cardamom
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readMint and peppermint hit immediately — cool, sharp, and slightly medicinal — with pink pepper adding a dry, sneezy bite and lemon lending a brief citric flash that fades within minutes. The opening is brisk and linear but not unwelcoming.
Cardamom fills the heart with a spiced, slightly resinous warmth that bridges the cold top and the earthier base. Vetiver and patchouli push the composition toward dry, woody territory, their earthy depth contrasting the bright opening. Musk extends the dry-down quietly.
The result is a fresh-spicy aromatic that opens cold and warms up gradually. Versatile enough for daytime wear, it works best in temperate weather where its contrast reads clearly.
Scent twins
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