Yohji 1996
A sharp green opening announces itself with unmistakable galbanum—bitter, leafy, almost metallic—softened just slightly by bergamot's citrus brightness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Green80
- Aromatic50
- Balsamic50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Galbanum
- Bergamot
- Raspberry
- Blackberry
- Sandalwood
- Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min readA sharp green opening announces itself with unmistakable galbanum—bitter, leafy, almost metallic—softened just slightly by bergamot's citrus brightness. This is not a polite introduction. The contrast feels deliberate, like the cut of a severe black garment against skin.
As it settles, the berries emerge: raspberry and blackberry lending a tart, jammy sweetness that never quite loses its edge. The fruit doesn't dominate so much as complicate, adding texture to the green framework. The drydown moves toward sandalwood, vanilla, and musk, but they remain understated, providing warmth without erasing the perfume's angular character.
The result is quietly confrontational—neither traditionally feminine nor aggressively avant-garde, but something in between. It suits those drawn to fragrance that refuses easy categorization, where sweetness and severity coexist without resolution.
Scent twins
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