The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 21 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.
- Aromatic50
- White Floral50
- Woody50
- Green
The note pyramid
- Lavender
- Lime
- Thyme
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Musk
- Apple
By the editors · 2 min readElysium Pour Homme Eau Intense opens with a sharp citrus brightness—grapefruit and lime cutting through aromatic lavender and thyme. The herbal freshness feels athletic and clean, but there's immediate depth beneath it, a subtle musk that softens the edges before the scent can turn too bracing. Within minutes, the composition grows warmer and more generous, with apple and blackcurrant lending a plush, almost gourmand sweetness that plays against white florals hovering in the background.
The base is where the intensity justifies itself. Leather, vetiver, and ambergris form a smoky, animalic foundation that feels luxurious without crossing into heaviness. Benzoin and vanilla add a resinous sweetness, while labdanum and galbanum keep the finish green and slightly bitter. It's polished and unapologetically opulent, a cologne structure inflated to parfum proportions.
This is formal leisure—tailored but not stiff. It suits someone comfortable with attention, drawn to fragrances that announce presence without shouting.
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.
