Yardley Gentleman Elite
Basil launches bright and slightly peppery, its green bite cooled by a splash of tart grapefruit that keeps the opening crisp rather than sweet.
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.
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody50
- Green
The note pyramid
- Basil
- Grapefruit
- Vetiver
- Sandalwood
- Amber
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readBasil launches bright and slightly peppery, its green bite cooled by a splash of tart grapefruit that keeps the opening crisp rather than sweet. Vetiver slides in early, earthy and dry, threading smoke through the citrus-herb brightness while amplifying the stem-like green edge. Sandalwood smooths the transition, adding creamy wood that softens vetiver’s crackle and lets amber’s diffuse warmth pool underneath. Patchouli arrives last, dusty and bittersweet, stretching the woodsy base into a tobacco-hued skin that clings close to skin. Projection stays polite, a clean aromatic haze ideal for office air or spring evenings when you want presence without announcement.
Scent twins
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