Roaring Radcliff Penhaligon's
Penhaligon's Roaring Radcliff opens with an unusual trio: tarragon's sharp, anise-herbal bite against the boozy sweetness of rum and the brightness of bergamot.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Tobacco60
- Leather50
- Honey45
- Tonka40
- Cinnamon40
By the editors · 2 min readPenhaligon's Roaring Radcliff opens with an unusual trio: tarragon's sharp, anise-herbal bite against the boozy sweetness of rum and the brightness of bergamot. The tarragon is assertive and distinguishing — it gives the opening a savory, herb-garden quality that this genre rarely deploys.
Ginger, tobacco, and rose form the heart: a warm, slightly smoky register where the rose acts as a softening agent between the spice and tobacco. The base of tonka bean, amberwood, cinnamon, leather, and honey closes in a bittersweet, luxurious dry-down — honey adding viscous sweetness, leather contributing texture, cinnamon a final spice note. Distinctive, characterful, and confidently English in spirit.
