Minotaure
Minotaure opens with an assertive aromatic bite — tarragon's anise-green sharpness set against the cold, sappy quality of galbanum and a slice of bergamot.
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.
- Sandalwood50
- Cedar50
- Amber50
- Bergamot40
- Jasmine40
By the editors · 2 min readMinotaure opens with an assertive aromatic bite — tarragon's anise-green sharpness set against the cold, sappy quality of galbanum and a slice of bergamot. It reads as very 1992 in the best sense: unhurried, a bit architectural, the kind of fragrance that doesn't explain itself. The floral heart softens the opening without abandoning its character; jasmine and lily of the valley sit above rather than submerging the tarragon's presence.
The base, with its woody-leathery-marine suggestion alongside warm sandalwood and cedar, reads as outdoors-masculine in the classical mode — not dated so much as unpretentious and direct.
