Grapa r fume 1
This composition opens with gardenia and narcissus — a pairing that reads richly animalic-floral, the narcissus adding a slightly sharp, waxy quality to the gardenia's heavy sweetness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- Leather80
- Aldehydic60
- Yellow Floral50
- Animalic
The note pyramid
- Gardenia
- Narcissus
- Rose
- Leather
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readThis composition opens with gardenia and narcissus — a pairing that reads richly animalic-floral, the narcissus adding a slightly sharp, waxy quality to the gardenia's heavy sweetness. The combination is immediately retro and uncompromising.
Rose in the heart adds a classical dimension, though here it functions as a supporting voice rather than a solo. The overall floral character is complex and slightly indolic.
Leather and vetiver in the base create a dry, austere finish that anchors the floral excess above with something deliberately raw. The mossy-aldehydic priors suggest a vintage chypre sensibility. This leans toward classic leather-floral territory — demanding, considered, and not casual.
Scent twins
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