Œillet Bengale
The opening is densely spiced — cinnamon, black pepper, clove, ginger, cardamom and saffron all crowding in at once, lifted by a thin slice of citrus that sharpens the picture briefly.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Cinnamon70
- Warm Spicy50
- Rose50
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Cinnamon
- Black Pepper
- Saffron
- Lime
- Lemon
- Cardamom
- Black Pepper
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is densely spiced — cinnamon, black pepper, clove, ginger, cardamom and saffron all crowding in at once, lifted by a thin slice of citrus that sharpens the picture briefly. The effect is hot and dry, almost sizzling, with the saffron lending a leathery undertone that hints at where things are heading.
A peppery rose emerges in the heart, threaded with frankincense smoke that adds a cool, resinous lift against the warm spices. The drydown turns balsamic and slightly powdery as labdanum, benzoin and vanilla move in, the labdanum's leathery facet picking up the saffron's earlier promise. Projection is robust through the first hours, settling into a warm spiced-amber skin scent. Overall the character is intense, dry, and decidedly wintry.
Scent twins
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