Hysteric
Cardamom and bergamot open with a sharp, spiced citrus brightness — the cardamom is dry and aromatic rather than sweet, sitting cleanly against the bergamot's slight bitterness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Floral60
- Warm Spicy50
- Rose50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Cardamom
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Rose
- Patchouli
- Coffee
By the editors · 2 min readCardamom and bergamot open with a sharp, spiced citrus brightness — the cardamom is dry and aromatic rather than sweet, sitting cleanly against the bergamot's slight bitterness. The opening has a confident tension between freshness and spice.
Jasmine and rose emerge in the heart with noticeable depth, carrying a full-bodied floral character that feels substantial rather than delicate. Coffee in the base introduces a dark, roasted quality that pairs with the patchouli's earthy density, pulling the fragrance toward richer, more brooding territory.
The dry-down is a grounded floral-patchouli with coffee adding a bitter-dark edge. The overall effect is bold and rich, leaning toward evening wear.
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.
