L'Homme Lacoste Intense
Ginger and black pepper form the immediate impression — sharp, dry heat with a slight bite that reads more fresh-spicy than warm.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Fresh Spicy75
- Woody65
- Earthy60
- Fresh
The note pyramid
- Ginger
- Black Pepper
- Vetiver
- Cypriol
- Cedar
- Ginger
- Black Pepper
- Vetiver
- Jasmine
By the editors · 2 min readGinger and black pepper form the immediate impression — sharp, dry heat with a slight bite that reads more fresh-spicy than warm. Jasmine from the general list adds a quiet floral counterpoint, though it stays firmly in the background rather than asserting itself.
Vetiver and cypriol anchor the base, with cypriol contributing its characteristic smoky, earthy density. Cedar lends structure alongside. The amber and vanilla from the general notes surface in the dry-down, softening the spice without sweetening it dramatically. Mandarin introduces a faint citrus brightness that dissipates early.
The overall character is dry and moderately woody-spicy — more cool-weather masculine than summery, leaning on vetiver and cypriol's earthy smokiness for staying power.
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.
