Quick answers
History
Le Chant des Sirènes continues theme 27, “Mineral”, which Pierre Guillaume opened in 2016 with Limanakia. The Sirens, mythological creatures born from the curse of Hera or the wrath of Aphrodite, symbolise the duality of human life, divided between organic and spiritual existence. Traditionally cast as terrible seductresses, they lure with a song so bewitching that it leads the men who hear it to their doom. What better subject for a perfumer than this “siren song” to return to the mineral.
The fragrance takes a fresh approach to the marine theme, balmy and silky, experimenting with a “tender marine” accord. The opening is aromatic and fruity, between rosewood leaves and the apple, citrus and pineapple facets of star fruit. A round, balmy heart is dominated by almond wood and opoponax, then evolves in trompe-l’œil towards a woody, salty base of sandalwood and sea fennel.
All the tension of the composition lies in that plant salt. Sea fennel, redolent of the spray of wild coastlines, infuses the sandalwood: under its effect this usually milky wood recovers a verticality, a vibrant character tinged with subtle animality. The gentle bitterness of almond wood carries the wave to a fruity, faintly herbaceous facet.
With this name, created in 2025, Pierre Guillaume questions temptation and promises that are too good to be true, a wink at the changing craft of the perfumer. The house extended the idea by becoming the producer of a musical work: an official single and video, “Le Chant des Sirènes”, entrusted to the artist Clara Paulet Salvador, a telescoping that underlines the ties between the perfume house and the French art scene.
Olfactory pyramid
Le Chant des Sirènes unfolds in three movements, from the fruity opening to the salty wood.
The thread is saline tension: sea fennel gives sandalwood a vibrant verticality.
Olfactory profile
Le Chant des Sirènes is a tender marine rather than a sharp aquatic. Where the genre often turns metallic and cold, Pierre Guillaume chooses the balmy and the silky: carambola brings a juicy fruit, almond wood and opoponax round the heart with resinous warmth, and the whole moves in trompe-l’œil, never hardening.
Its signature is the saline verticality of the base. Sea fennel, a plant salt, infuses the sandalwood and gives it an upright, vibrant hold tinged with discreet animality. It is a calm seaside scent, at ease in mid-season as in high summer, and its trail stays measured.
A rising wave of plant life, like a song on the surface of the water.Pierre Guillaume Paris, press kit
Key characteristics
When and where to wear
Le Chant des Sirènes is a mid-season and summer perfume, but its balmy structure makes it more versatile than most marines. Sea fennel keeps the freshness alert, while almond wood and sandalwood give it substance as soon as the temperature drops.
Usage guidance
Seasonal fit
| Season | Fit | Critical notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | ★★★★ | Ideal for its saline fruit. |
| Summer | ★★★★ | Sea fennel blooms. |
| Autumn | ★★★☆ | Almond wood takes over. |
| Winter | ★★☆☆ | A little cool in deep cold. |
Setting fit
| Setting | Fit | Recommended use |
|---|---|---|
| Everyday | ★★★★ | Reference use. |
| Office | ★★★★ | Clean and discreet. |
| Seaside | ★★★★ | Its natural ground. |
| Evening | ★★★☆ | In its calmer reading. |
| Sport | ★★★☆ | Light and bracing. |
Similar perfumes
Pierre Guillaume’s marine mineral has few direct neighbours; the closest remains its own theme.
| Perfume | House · year | Why it is close |
|---|---|---|
| Limanakia 27 | Pierre Guillaume Paris · 2016 | The first opus of theme 27, a mineral-animalic built on patchouli salt and an ambered labdanum. Le Chant des Sirènes is its exact counterpoint, balmy and tender. |
| Sel Marin | Heeley · 2008 | Niche perfumery’s reference salt-marine, where algae and salt meet a woody base, the same saline tension as sea fennel. |
Common questions
See also
Sources
- Official press kit, Le Chant des Sirènes 27.1 · Pierre Guillaume Paris
- Pierre Guillaume Paris catalogue 2025–26 (English edition)
- Pierre Guillaume Paris, official Le Chant des Sirènes 27.1 page
- Now Smell This, “Pierre Guillaume Le Chant des Sirenes” (May 2025)
- Fragrantica, Le Chant des Sirènes 27.1 entry