La Nuit
La Nuit opens with a brisk herbal jolt—basil and bergamot together feel more aromatic than citrus-sweet, almost medicinal in their clarity.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 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.
- Leather60
- Woody55
- Patchouli55
- Honey
The note pyramid
- Basil
- Lemon
- Cardamom
- Bergamot
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Jasmine
By the editors · 2 min readLa Nuit opens with a brisk herbal jolt—basil and bergamot together feel more aromatic than citrus-sweet, almost medicinal in their clarity. This sharpness quickly softens as peach and jasmine emerge, lending a plush, slightly overripe quality that was very much of its era. The rose here is subdued, more textural than floral.
What distinguishes this from other mid-eighties releases is the dry, sinewy leather base. It doesn't aim for opulence but instead pulls toward something more austere—patchouli and cedar provide a woody backbone that keeps the composition from tipping into sweetness. The peach never dominates; it's there to round edges, not to seduce.
This is a fragrance for someone comfortable with contrasts: herbal and fruity, soft and structural. It wears close and doesn't announce itself, which makes it feel unexpectedly modern despite its vintage.
Scent twins
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