Tweed
Basil opens green and slightly bitter, its leafy edge sharpened by lime and lemon that scatters bright citric oils across the top.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Honey50
- Herbal50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Basil
- Lime
- Lemon
- Lavender
- Jasmine
- Honey
- Violet
By the editors · 2 min readBasil opens green and slightly bitter, its leafy edge sharpened by lime and lemon that scatters bright citric oils across the top. A swift aromatic hand-off lands the scent in lavender threaded with honey, the herb’s cool camphor sweetened while jasmine and rose add soft floral lift and violet powders the transition. Sandalwood and cedar arrive early, their dry woodiness soaking up the remaining citrus and honey so the heart smells like polished drawers lined with dried herbs. Patchouli’s earthy leaf and a quiet amber glow keep the base from going stark, letting skin-soft musk blur the edges into a clean barbershop skin-scent. Projection stays polite, projecting an arm’s-length radius for about five hours, ideal for office days or spring walks when you want traditional masculine freshness without shouting.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
