Chipmunk
Chipmunk opens with a quick, bright snap of pink pepper and cardamom that feels almost playful, like a small creature darting through underbrush.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 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.
- Vetiver35
- Cardamom30
- Cedar30
- Black Pepper25
- Patchouli25
By the editors · 2 min readChipmunk opens with a quick, bright snap of pink pepper and cardamom that feels almost playful, like a small creature darting through underbrush. The spices are dry and slightly dusty rather than warm or sweet, setting the stage for what follows.
The hazelnut at the heart is the star here, and it's rendered more accurately than you might expect—nutty and faintly buttery, but grounded by woods rather than sugar. This isn't a gourmand in disguise. The guaiac wood and vetiver provide a smoky, earthy backbone that keeps the composition from skewing too cozy, while benzoin and opoponax add a subtle resinous warmth in the base.
The overall effect is surprisingly contemplative: a walk through an autumn forest rather than a bakery. It suits anyone drawn to unconventional woody fragrances with a touch of the unexpected, and those who appreciate naturalistic interpretations over literal sweetness.
