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History
Le Chant des Sirènes 27.1 is an eau de parfum by Pierre Guillaume Paris, composed by Pierre Guillaume, founder of the house based in Auvergne (France). It came out in 2025 as “the second opus in theme 27 Mineral”, which Limanakia had opened in 2016. The house describes it as “a tender, balmy mineral”, “a complete departure from the mineral-animalic accord of Limanakia”. The name is also, for the house, “a wink from the composer about the evolution of the profession of perfumer in 2025”.
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, symbolize 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. It is 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.
Fragrance notes
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.
Scent 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.
How to wear it
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. |
Context 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. |
| Swim SX | Pierre Guillaume Paris · 2019 | Another aquatic from the house, a musk salt from the Collection Blanche, more solar than mineral. |
| Sunsuality | Pierre Guillaume Paris · 2019 | The same house’s summer seaside, in a citrus and woody version. |
Frequently asked questions
See also
Sources
- Official press kit, Le Chant des Sirènes 27.1 · Pierre Guillaume Paris
- Pierre Guillaume Paris catalog 2025-2026 (English edition)
- Pierre Guillaume Paris, official Le Chant des Sirènes 27.1 page
- Now Smell This, “Pierre Guillaume Le Chant des Sirenes” (May 2025)
- Pierre Guillaume Paris, Le Chant des Sirènes 27.1 page (English edition, modified 11 June 2025): “The second opus in theme 27 Mineral”, “a tender, balmy mineral”, “a complete departure from the mineral-animalic accord of Limanakia”, “a wink from the composer about the evolution of the profession of perfumer in 2025”, 100 ml, “From: 120,00€” (accessed 5 November 2026)
- Parfumo, 27.1 Le Chant des Sirènes entry: longevity 6.4/10 (18 votes), sillage 6.5/10 (19 votes), as of 5 November 2026; year 2025, perfumer Pierre Guillaume, unisex; star fruit, dalbergia leaf, almond wood, opoponax, sandalwood, rock samphire