SILLAGE - KINETIC
SILLAGE - KINETIC
SILLAGE is composed like a photograph with a long exposure time. What for the human eye is a point becomes a line in the eye of the lens. Light takes on a physical presence, materializes and becomes permanent. The composition opens with notes of oud, but not as a clear image – more like an afterimage. Agarwood usually occupies all the space, giving the fragrance a dark nuance – in SILLAGE, oud is a light ribbon along which the other ingredients have been arranged. Imagine a vast open landscape, steep hills closing the horizon, with sharp parallel lines cutting the image into two equal parts. We have blurred the lines with subtle notes of saffron and violet, which act as a gentle movement softening the contours, a barely perceptible vibration. SILLAGE is a fragrance balanced on the edge of impressions. Its individual elements are fluid, as if in constant motion. It transports us from the dry roughness of resins to the warm embraces of musk and vanilla with all discretion and softness. A sillage usually says "I came here". Perfume boldly asserts "I am present", like an aftertaste, the imprint of a body on the sheets, the emotion left by a touch.
The French word sillage refers to the wake left in the water by a sailboat. In the context of perfume, sillage is described as a trail of perfume that lingers in the air after a person has left. The train of a dress, the tail of a peacock, an invisible trace. Right behind you.
Perfumer: Chris Maurice (Christian Carbonnel)
TOP NOTES:
oud, violet, saffron
MIDDLE NOTES:
olibanum, jasmine, raspberry
BASE NOTES:
suede, musk, vanilla, benzoin, amber