Colonia Futura
Colonia Futura opens with a bracing citrus salvo—lemon and grapefruit sharpened by pink pepper's metallic bite.
The scent fingerprint
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.
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- Soft Spicy50
- Herbal50
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Pink Pepper
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Sage
- Lavender
- Clary Sage
By the editors · 2 min readColonia Futura opens with a bracing citrus salvo—lemon and grapefruit sharpened by pink pepper's metallic bite. The bergamot keeps it tethered to Acqua di Parma's heritage, but there's an angular, almost austere quality here that distinguishes it from the house's sunnier offerings. This feels like citrus rendered in steel rather than watercolor.
As it settles, twin sages—garden and clary—introduce an herbal astringency that flirts with aromatic fougère territory. Lavender adds a classic barbershop facet, though it remains subdued, never tipping into sweetness. The vetiver base is clean and linear, providing a dry, grassy finish that reinforces the composition's minimalist architecture.
This is a cologne for someone who wants freshness without nostalgia, brightness without softness. It skews modern and intentionally restrained, favoring clarity over warmth. Best suited to warm weather and those who appreciate fragrance that doesn't announce itself from across a room.
Scent twins
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