Le Barbier de Tanger
Basil and bergamot open with a crisp, herbal brightness that gives way to something more textured as cardamom pushes through.
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.
- Fresh50
- Aromatic50
- Woody50
- Green
The note pyramid
- Basil
- Lemon
- Cardamom
- Bergamot
- Pineapple
- Apple
- Petitgrain
By the editors · 2 min readBasil and bergamot open with a crisp, herbal brightness that gives way to something more textured as cardamom pushes through. The lemon keeps things from feeling heavy in the first moments, but there is a faint galbanum coolness already pulling toward the heart.
Pineapple and apple add a bright, slightly tart quality to lavender and petitgrain, giving the middle a Mediterranean character — green, clean, with a slight aromatic dryness. Nothing here leans sweet; the fruit reads more structural than indulgent.
Oakmoss and vetiver anchor the base with an earthy, smoky depth that the patchouli reinforces. Amber softens the whole thing without turning it warm. This is a fougère-leaning composition built for cool days, comfortable in outdoor settings.
Scent twins
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