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Yves Saint Laurent · Est. 2011

L’Homme Cologne Gingembre

Bergamot opens with familiar cologne crispness, then yields quickly to ginger — not sweet or candied but sharp and slightly cutting, the kind of ginger that reads as brisk.

ConcentrationEau de Cologne
Formasculine
Released2011
Perfumerunknown
Statusenriched
2011 · Eau de Cologne
ber·ced·vet·car
Rating
4.0
0.5k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 11 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.

  • Bergamot
    60
  • Cedar
    50
  • Vetiver
    50
  • Cardamom
    30
  • Musk
    30

By the editors · 2 min readBergamot opens with familiar cologne crispness, then yields quickly to ginger — not sweet or candied but sharp and slightly cutting, the kind of ginger that reads as brisk. Violet leaf and basil layer in a thin green quality that extends the herbal freshness without softening it. The composition is clearly oriented toward lightness and movement rather than depth.

Vetiver anchors the base with an earthy, slightly smoky note that prevents the freshness from becoming anonymous. Cedar extends the drydown with mild woodiness. L'Homme Cologne Gingembre positions itself as a refined summer wear: crisp enough for heat, structured enough for an office, and just interesting enough not to disappear into the background. A good-natured fragrance with quiet self-assurance.

Filed: Yves Saint LaurentSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap