Monsieur Lanvin
Lemon and bergamot sharpened by clary sage open a brisk citrus aromatic that feels more barbershop than cologne.
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
- Mossy70
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Clary Sage
- Sandalwood
- Cinnamon
- Jasmine
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readLemon and bergamot sharpened by clary sage open a brisk citrus aromatic that feels more barbershop than cologne. The heart folds sandalwood and cedar into a dry woody spine while jasmine and rose add floral lift; cinnamon flickers quietly underneath, never overtly gourmand. Leather, civet and tonka dominate the base, lending smoky-animalic heft that pushes the composition firmly masculine, with oakmoss and labdanum reinforcing a mossy-amber accord that lingers on fabric. Projection stays moderate for the first hours before settling into a close, slightly powdery skin scent. Cool fall and winter days suit it best; office or evening wear where restrained presence reads as polished rather than loud.
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.
