Pure XS
Pure XS opens with a tart grapefruit-ginger jolt, sharp and bright, before dissolving into something warmer and more indulgent.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 17 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.
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Ginger
- Thyme
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Apple
- Cinnamon
- Leather
By the editors · 2 min readPure XS opens with a tart grapefruit-ginger jolt, sharp and bright, before dissolving into something warmer and more indulgent. The citrus recedes quickly, making way for an almost gourmand heart where cinnamon-dusted apple meets soft leather and vanilla. It's sweeter than expected, more playful than seductive, with a slight synthetic shimmer that keeps it from feeling too heavy.
As it dries down, myrrh and patchouli add a resinous depth, while cashmeran lends a woody-musky glow that hovers close to the skin. The overall effect is unapologetically modern—bold without being loud, sweet without being cloying.
This suits someone who wants presence without aggression, a nighttime scent that leans into warmth rather than freshness. It's confident, a bit theatrical, and decidedly masculine in its sweet-spicy register.
Scent twins
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