Safari
Safari opens with a sharp green thrust—galbanum and blackcurrant cutting through citrus brightness like sunlight through canvas.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Oakmoss75
- Green70
- Vetiver65
- Patchouli60
- Sandalwood55
By the editors · 2 min readSafari opens with a sharp green thrust—galbanum and blackcurrant cutting through citrus brightness like sunlight through canvas. There's an herbal bite from rosemary that keeps the florals from turning sweet, while narcissus adds a cool, almost metallic edge. The effect is clean but assertive, more khaki linen than jungle humidity.
As it settles, the base reveals its era: oakmoss and patchouli anchored by sandalwood and vetiver, built in that late-eighties manner when woods still had weight. The vanilla never dominates, just softens the drier elements enough to keep things wearable. It's less about actual wilderness than the idea of it—polished, composed, resolutely American.
This is a fragrance that belongs to boardrooms and first-class lounges circa 1990, when "adventure" meant confidence in tailored neutrals. It wears as a time capsule now, green-woody and unapologetic about its structure.
