Vert Boheme
Tom Ford Vert Bohème (2016) sits in the Private Blend collection, and its 14-note general structure resists pyramid categorization by design.
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.
- Oakmoss65
- Orange50
- Bergamot45
- Amber40
- Lemon40
By the editors · 2 min readTom Ford Vert Bohème (2016) sits in the Private Blend collection, and its 14-note general structure resists pyramid categorization by design. The name — green bohemian — telegraphs its nature: a contemporary chypre anchored by oakmoss and galbanum's bitter green quality, ivy's sharp-clean freshness, and narcissus's cool, powdery-floral depth. Citrus brightness from lemon, bergamot, and mandarin alongside neroli and orange blossom builds a luminous, transparent upper register; magnolia contributes creamy floral weight without heaviness. Below this runs the animalic thread — civet and suede introduce a sensual, skin-warm undercurrent that stops the composition from reading as purely abstract.
Patchouli and amber round the base into a warm, resinous foundation. This is complex green chypre territory — sophisticated, multi-layered, and built for those who approach fragrance as a form of serious connoisseurship. The oakmoss-galbanum-ivy trio dominates; the civet-suede pairing keeps it from becoming merely academic.
