Habanita Molinard 1988 Parfum
Galbanum slices through the first breath with a bracing, almost bitter green snap that Petitgrain softens just enough to keep the opening from feeling medicinal.
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.
- Mossy90
- Woody70
- Amber60
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Galbanum
- Vetiver
- Ylang-Ylang
- Heliotrope
- Nutmeg
By the editors · 2 min readGalbanum slices through the first breath with a bracing, almost bitter green snap that Petitgrain softens just enough to keep the opening from feeling medicinal. Vetiver arrives early, its dry grass edge sharpening the galbanum’s resinous bite while Ylang-Ylang drips a muted banana-custard sweetness across the heart, a floral curve that Heliotrope powders into almond-like dusk. Nutmeg flickers quietly, lending a dry, peppered warmth that prevents the bouquet from tipping into dessert territory. As minutes pass the base rises in one fused layer: Sandalwood’s milk, Oakmoss’s cool forest funk, Patchouli’s chocolate earth, Amber’s resinous glow, Vanilla’s soft pod and clean Musk skin all lock together, forming a leathery, moss-laden chypre cushion that hums for hours. Projection stays within personal-bubble range, perfect for tailored fall evenings or a cool spring afternoon.
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.
