Essencial Masculino
Essencial Masculino opens with a brisk, herbal clarity—lavender and basil collide with citrus sharpness, the galbanum adding a green, almost medicinal edge.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Lavender75
- Herbal65
- Citrus55
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Lavender
- Basil
- Grapefruit
- Galbanum
- Bergamot
- Nutmeg
- Sage
By the editors · 2 min readEssencial Masculino opens with a brisk, herbal clarity—lavender and basil collide with citrus sharpness, the galbanum adding a green, almost medicinal edge. It's the kind of aromatic brightness that feels purposeful rather than polite, a composition unafraid of its own angularity. The nutmeg hovers at the periphery, warming without softening.
As it settles, sage and rosemary deepen the herbal theme, their earthiness grounded by patchouli. A thread of jasmine weaves through, oddly fitting rather than decorative, lending a subtle floral masculinity that recalls older fougères without mimicking them. The drydown pulls everything into balance: sandalwood and cedar create a woody frame, amber adds roundness, musk keeps it close to skin.
This is a straightforward aromatic designed for everyday wear in warm climates, uncomplicated but not simplistic. It belongs to the lineage of clean, dependable masculines that prioritize clarity over mystery—a fragrance for someone who wants to smell composed without announcing it.
Scent twins
In this family
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.
