Colonia Mirra
Petitgrain opens with a woody, slightly bitter citrus character — more aromatic and green than bergamot, occupying a different register entirely.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 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.
- Smoky65
- Amber55
- Soft Spicy50
- White Floral
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Orange Blossom
- Lemon
- Myrrh
- Orange Blossom
- Nutmeg
By the editors · 2 min readPetitgrain opens with a woody, slightly bitter citrus character — more aromatic and green than bergamot, occupying a different register entirely. Lemon and orange blossom provide supporting citrus-floral warmth. Myrrh arrives in the heart alongside nutmeg, its balsamic-sweet incense quality emerging gradually; orange blossom carries through with characteristic continuity, bridging opening and heart. The dual presence of myrrh — in both heart and base — is a structural choice that creates resinous continuity through the entire dry-down.
Amber and patchouli complete the base alongside myrrh, warm and earthy. Colonia Mirra is Acqua di Parma's successful integration of the Middle Eastern resin tradition with the house's classical Italian citrus structure: fresh and ancient in the same breath.
Scent twins
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