The Matcha 26
The Matcha 26 opens with a sharp, vegetal bitterness that feels closer to freshly whisked ceremonial-grade matcha than the sweetened lattes that dominate café culture.
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.
- Green70
- Fresh50
- Aromatic50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Sandalwood
- Vetiver
- Fig
- Bergamot
By the editors · 2 min readThe Matcha 26 opens with a sharp, vegetal bitterness that feels closer to freshly whisked ceremonial-grade matcha than the sweetened lattes that dominate café culture. The green powder note is dry and astringent, dusted with a cool mintiness and faint smoke. There's an unexpected citrus brightness threading through—bergamot or yuzu—that keeps the composition from turning too earthy.
As it settles, a soft fig accord appears, adding a milky sweetness that gentles the matcha's edge without taming it completely. The wood underneath is pale and clean, more blonde cedar than anything resinous. This isn't a gourmand take on tea; it's austere and contemplative, with the restraint of a Japanese tearoom rather than the warmth of a bakery.
A fragrance for those who prefer their green notes unadorned and their minimalism sincere. It wears close and quiet, almost meditative in its refusal to project or seduce.
Scent twins
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