Bana Banana L'Artisan Parfumeur
The opening is a sharp, almost metallic green—violet leaf stripped of its sweetness, leaving only its crisp, cucumber-like bitterness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 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.
- Iris40
- Jasmine35
- Amber35
- Iris Powder35
- Green30
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is a sharp, almost metallic green—violet leaf stripped of its sweetness, leaving only its crisp, cucumber-like bitterness. It's an unexpected start for something named after banana, but L'Artisan has never been literal. What emerges is stranger and more interesting: a hint of overripe fruit hidden beneath that verdant shell, like yellow fruit left too long in a paper bag.
As it settles, jasmine and iris soften the edges without sweetening them. The florals are pale and powdery, almost waxy, maintaining the perfume's peculiar restraint. Tonka and musk anchor the base with a skin-close warmth, but amber keeps things from turning cozy—there's always that slight metallic tang hovering at the margins.
This is for someone drawn to odd, nostalgic scents that refuse to behave predictably. It occupies the same territory as banana bread cooling on a kitchen counter near an open window, all damp earth and overblown blossoms drifting in from outside.
