Radikal Iris
Galbanum snaps open with bitter green resin that throws iris into chilly relief, while pink pepper adds a brief metallic sparkle that quickly subsides.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Aromatic50
- Woody50
- Iris50
- Green
The note pyramid
- Pink Pepper
- Galbanum
- Iris
- Bergamot
- Cedar
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readGalbanum snaps open with bitter green resin that throws iris into chilly relief, while pink pepper adds a brief metallic sparkle that quickly subsides. The iris heart feels rooty and damp, not cosmetic; cedar planks lean in with dry pencil shavings that absorb some of the earthy moisture. Patchouli arrives early, pushing a loamy darkness that braids with the remaining iris to create a cool mineral accord. Tonka bean softens the edges in the dry-down, lending a faint almond warmth that never turns sugary, and ambergris lifts the composition with a salty, skin-close glow. Projection stays polite, creating a soft woody-powdery aura that hovers just inside personal space. Wear it in cool weather when you want quiet elegance without sweetness; longevity reaches 6-8 hours on fabric.
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.