Moustache Original 1949
Bergamot and lemon open with clean citrus that transitions naturally into a lavender-neroli heart — the bones of a classic fougère, but softer than the vintage masculine archetype suggests.
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.
- Lavender65
- Citrus55
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Lavender
- Neroli
- Violet
- White Musk
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot and lemon open with clean citrus that transitions naturally into a lavender-neroli heart — the bones of a classic fougère, but softer than the vintage masculine archetype suggests. Neroli's bittersweet quality tempers the lavender's barbershop associations, and violet keeps the arrangement from going too angular.
White musk in the base reads as clean rather than animalic, while moss adds an earthy, classic quality to the drydown — structural and slightly damp rather than decorative. Patchouli sits low, blending into the mossy base rather than announcing itself. The overall effect is a neat, wearable fougère that leans toward restrained grooming rather than vintage heaviness. A fragrance that performs its role without requiring attention.
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.
