Italian Cypress
Italian Cypress opens with a sharp green jolt—galbanum and mint collide in a way that feels more medicinal than refreshing, as if stepping into a cool stone chapel.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Bergamot35
- Patchouli35
- Oakmoss30
- Green25
- Black Pepper25
By the editors · 2 min readItalian Cypress opens with a sharp green jolt—galbanum and mint collide in a way that feels more medicinal than refreshing, as if stepping into a cool stone chapel. The citrus barely registers at first, overpowered by that resinous, almost medicinal intensity. Within minutes, the basil and patchouli begin to ground the composition, softening the opening's stark edges without sweetening them.
What emerges is a dry, shadowed green with little warmth. The moss and labdanum in the base create a dusty, almost austere finish, like sunlight filtering through dense evergreens onto cold earth. This is not the Mediterranean postcards of lemon and lavender, but something darker and more northern European.
Italian Cypress suits those who want green without prettiness—no florals, no fruit to soften the blow. It's linear, unfriendly to heat, and better worn in cool weather by someone comfortable being noticed but not necessarily liked.