Patchouli Intense
Lavender and orange give it a light, aromatic entry — clean rather than dark, suggesting this will be a patchouli fragrance for people who find conventional patchouli fragrances too heavy or too seventies.
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.
- Patchouli75
- Sandalwood50
- Vanilla50
- Amber50
- Lavender50
By the editors · 2 min readLavender and orange give it a light, aromatic entry — clean rather than dark, suggesting this will be a patchouli fragrance for people who find conventional patchouli fragrances too heavy or too seventies. Both opening notes remain audible longer than expected.
The patchouli heart is robust but well-mannered: earthy, slightly camphoraceous, with rose providing gentle floral softening. Patricia de Nicolaï's approach is classical rather than psychedelic — patchouli as a distinguished ingredient, not as a statement.
Sandalwood, amber, and vanilla form a warm, rounded base that gives the whole thing genuine sweetness at the drydown without becoming gourmand. A reliable niche patchouli from a house that handles heritage materials with consistent care.
