Patchouli Molinard 2015 Eau de Parfum
Neroli opens with a clean, slightly bitter orange blossom brightness that quickly folds into a dominant patchouli heart, earthy and dry rather than syrupy.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Patchouli90
- Woody70
- Earthy60
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Neroli
- Orange
- Patchouli
- Sandalwood
- Vanilla
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readNeroli opens with a clean, slightly bitter orange blossom brightness that quickly folds into a dominant patchouli heart, earthy and dry rather than syrupy. Sandalwood arrives early, its creamy wood softening the patchouli’s rough edges while vanilla adds a rounded, almost cocoa-like sweetness that keeps the accord wearable. Musk sheathes the base, lending a clean skin proximity that prevents the composition from becoming too resinous. Mid-stage the patchouli gains tobacco nuances as the citrus fully recedes, leaving a warm, softly spiced wood trail that hovers close for hours. Projection stays polite—arm-length sillage for the first three hours, then a whispering woody skin glow ideal for cool autumn days or layered under heavier coats.
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.
