Indochine 25
The first spray brings a dry, aromatic jolt of cardamom—green-tinged and almost medicinal in its clarity, with none of the sweetness you might expect.
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.
- Cardamom62
- Honey55
- Amber22
- Sandalwood15
- Cedar12
By the editors · 2 min readThe first spray brings a dry, aromatic jolt of cardamom—green-tinged and almost medicinal in its clarity, with none of the sweetness you might expect. This opening feels spare and purposeful, like the sketch before a painting.
As it settles, honey emerges but refuses to turn syrupy. Instead, it carries a faintly austere quality, somewhere between beeswax candles and old wood furniture rubbed with polish. The cardamom persists underneath, lending a subtle smokiness that keeps the honey from becoming cloying. The two notes orbit each other with unusual restraint.
This is Pierre Guillaume's minimalism at work: a study in controlled warmth. It suits those who appreciate fragrance that doesn't announce itself from across the room, preferring instead to rest close to the skin like a private thought.
