Aristocrat
A lean pyramid: vetiver at the top, leather and amber in the heart, guaiac wood and vetiver again at the base.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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.
- Leather70
- Almond50
- Aromatic50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Vetiver
- Leather
- Amber
- Guaiac Wood
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readA lean pyramid: vetiver at the top, leather and amber in the heart, guaiac wood and vetiver again at the base. The repetition of vetiver across the structure signals this as a vetiver-forward composition where the note is meant to evolve rather than stay static.
Leather and amber in the heart add warmth and an animalic edge, preventing the wood-earthy character from reading as too austere. Guaiac wood deepens the smokiness in the base while the whole thing settles close to skin.
Aristocrat is an unadorned, dry leather-wood composition for those who prefer understatement. The sparse construction limits complexity, but what's here is coherent. Best in cool to cold weather, suited to evenings and formal occasions.
Scent twins
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