Thé Pour un Été
Summer's fleeting pleasures arrive in a crisp burst of mint and citrus, a deliberate contrast to the heavy florals that dominated the mid-nineties.
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.
- Fresh50
- Aromatic50
- White Floral50
- Powdery
The note pyramid
- Peppermint
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Osmanthus
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readSummer's fleeting pleasures arrive in a crisp burst of mint and citrus, a deliberate contrast to the heavy florals that dominated the mid-nineties. The Pour Un Été opens like stepping into shade after midday heat—bright, cooling, immediately refreshing. Petitgrain and verbena cut through humid air with herbal precision.
As it settles, a subtle anise note emerges, adding unexpected depth without sweetness. The mint never turns toothpaste; instead it plays against green, slightly bitter herbs in a way that feels more garden than grooming product. This is restraint as a choice, not a compromise.
The composition remains close to skin, transparent rather than loud. It suits those who prefer fragrance as punctuation rather than proclamation—a fleeting impression on a linen shirt, the memory of cologne rather than its announcement. Brief longevity is part of its character: summer itself doesn't last.
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.
