Tabac Original
A barbershop classic stripped to its essentials.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 2 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.
- Lavender100
- Amber50
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Petitgrain
- Neroli
- Neroli
- Lemon
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Bergamot
By the editors · 2 min readA barbershop classic stripped to its essentials. The opening is bright and soapy—petitgrain and neroli with a citrus edge that feels clean without being astringent. Within minutes, lavender takes center stage, not the sweet herbal version but the slightly medicinal, fougère-style lavender that defined men's grooming in another era.
The drydown settles into a soft amber-musk foundation with vetiver adding a touch of earthiness and sandalwood providing creamy warmth. It's remarkably linear, changing more in volume than character as the hours pass.
This is old-school masculinity without aggression—the scent of fresh towels, talcum powder, and well-worn leather chairs. It suits men who prefer understatement to projection, and anyone drawn to the quiet dignity of traditional barbershop accords. Comforting rather than challenging.
Scent twins
In this family
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