Paco Rabanne pour Elle Paco Rabanne 2014 Eau de Parfum
Birch and galbanum cut through the opening with a bracing green sharpness, vegetal and slightly resinous.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 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.
- Oud70
- Woody60
- Leather60
- Green
The note pyramid
- Birch
- Galbanum
- Magnolia
- Frankincense
- Osmanthus
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readBirch and galbanum cut through the opening with a bracing green sharpness, vegetal and slightly resinous. The initial hit is intentional — almost austere — before magnolia and osmanthus soften the structure into something more yielding. Frankincense lends a quiet ceremonial note that bridges the green opening to the darker base.
Oud, leather, and patchouli arrive together in the base, dense and animalic without becoming overwhelming. Oakmoss anchors the composition in an older register, while vetiver adds a dry, smoky thread. Ambergris rounds the edges, giving warmth to what could otherwise feel severe.
The result sits in a chypre tradition: structured, deliberate, and grounded. It wears close in the later hours but the depth remains.
Scent twins
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