Citron Citron
Lime and orange arrive bracingly sharp, almost medicinal in their clarity—no sweetness, just clean citrus pith and essential oils that feel like cold water on the skin.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- Lemon90
- Orange80
- Rosemary70
- Oakmoss50
- Cedar40
By the editors · 2 min readLime and orange arrive bracingly sharp, almost medicinal in their clarity—no sweetness, just clean citrus pith and essential oils that feel like cold water on the skin. This isn't fruit; it's extraction, astringent and awake.
The herbs follow quickly, mint and basil mingling with thyme in a way that suggests a crushed handful from a summer garden rather than culinary warmth. There's something resolutely green here, unsentimental and precise. The oakmoss and cedar in the base provide just enough anchoring weight to keep it from floating away, while cardamom adds a faint aromatic hum beneath the brightness.
The overall effect is brisk, cerebral, distinctly British in its refusal to seduce. Citron Citron suits those who prefer their cologne crisp and uncompromising, a splash of clarity rather than a cloud of charm.
