Bushukan
Basil and double-shot lemon charge the opening with a green-citrus snap that smells like bruised leaves and zest scraped straight from the rind.
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.
- Herbal50
- Aromatic50
- Woody50
- Green
The note pyramid
- Basil
- Lemon
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Bergamot
- Black Pepper
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readBasil and double-shot lemon charge the opening with a green-citrus snap that smells like bruised leaves and zest scraped straight from the rind. Black pepper lands immediately after, crackling across the citrus oils and towing dry cedar into the heart; the thyme twins keep the accord leafy rather than woody, while clary sage adds a faintly musky tobacco edge that softens the spices. Vetiver doubles in the base, its smoky rootiness cooled by patchouli’s camphor and warmed by leathery labdanum, turning the earlier pepper-citrus tension into a clean, earthy hum that lingers on fabric. Projection stays within arm’s length for six hours, ideal for post-gym refresh or office days when you want crisp green spice without sweetness. Moderate complexity comes from the repeated notes that shift emphasis rather than introduce new material.
Scent twins
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