Vintage
The opening arrives with a peculiar coolness—basil and fennel collide in a bracing, almost medicinal swirl that feels more apothecary than cologne counter.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 19 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
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Basil
- Fennel
- Cinnamon
- Lavender
- Jasmine
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening arrives with a peculiar coolness—basil and fennel collide in a bracing, almost medicinal swirl that feels more apothecary than cologne counter. It's an unexpected introduction that quickly gives way to a spiced, aromatic heart where cinnamon heats lavender into something warmer than barbershop tradition, softened by jasmine's quiet sweetness.
As it settles, the composition reveals its true nature: a soft leather accord built on suede rather than hides, cushioned by tobacco leaf and tonka's vanilla-almond richness. The patchouli threads through both heart and base, earthy but never heavy, while oakmoss lends a whisper of old-school chypre structure without dominating.
Despite its name, this feels less like actual vintage fragrance and more like a modern take on retro masculinity—leather jackets worn soft, rock-and-roll nostalgia rendered wearable for everyday. It's approachable, balanced, neither loud nor invisible.
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.
