Source of Life Man
A sharp, cooling mint burst defines the opening, creating an immediate fresh and invigorating impression on first application.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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.
- Woody60
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Mint
- Cinnamon
- Lavender
- Cardamom
- Virginia Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readA sharp, cooling mint burst defines the opening, creating an immediate fresh and invigorating impression on first application. Cardamom and cinnamon quickly emerge, layering a warm, aromatic spiciness over the crisp herbal top note. Lavender bridges the transition with its classic aromatic quality, adding a dry, slightly powdery texture to the heart. The base is dominated by the dry, pencil-shaving scent of Virginia cedar, which provides a straightforward woody anchor without significant sweetness. The composition remains relatively linear after the first thirty minutes, focusing on a clean aromatic-woody character with subtle spicy undertones. Sillage is moderate and short-lived, pulling close to the skin within two hours, making it best for casual warm-weather occasions.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.