Athenaeum
Apple and honey create an unusual fruity-sweet opening contrasted by aromatic lavender and fennel.
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.
- Leather80
- Honey50
- Herbal50
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Apple
- Lavender
- Fennel
- Honey
- Neroli
- Leather
By the editors · 2 min readApple and honey create an unusual fruity-sweet opening contrasted by aromatic lavender and fennel. Neroli provides a citrus-floral bridge that connects the top notes to the leather base. Leather and patchouli form a dry, earthy foundation that gradually dominates the composition. The honey note persists, adding a sweet counterpoint to the otherwise rugged leather character. Development shows significant evolution from sweet-aromatic top to earthy-leather dry-down. Projection is moderate with good longevity, suitable for cooler weather and evening occasions. Fennel adds a distinctive herbal edge that distinguishes this from conventional leather fragrances.
Scent twins
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