Sr. N
A Brazilian fougère from 1979, Sr.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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
- Balsamic50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
- Galbanum
- Lavender
- Cardamom
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readA Brazilian fougère from 1979, Sr. N belongs to the era of green architecture — galbanum in the opening gives the lemon and grapefruit an unusual sharpness, the bitter-green resinous note characteristic of 1970s perfumery providing a structural tension that separates this from a simple citrus fresh. Lavender and cardamom in the heart soften the edge while maintaining the aromatic register — together they provide warmth without sweetness. The base is a classic woody-oriental anchor: vetiver's earthy depth, patchouli's dark richness, vanilla's restrained sweetness. An unfussy formula that predates modern masculine conventions and benefits from its refusal to follow them. Remarkably contemporary in its willingness to be structural rather than ingratiating.
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.
