Assam Border
Pink pepper and grapefruit create a sparkling, fresh-spicy opening that feels both bright and slightly peppery.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 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.
- Citrus60
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy50
- Aquatic
The note pyramid
- Pink Pepper
- Grapefruit
- Ambrox
- Lavender
- Tonka Bean
By the editors · 2 min readPink pepper and grapefruit create a sparkling, fresh-spicy opening that feels both bright and slightly peppery. Ambrox quickly emerges, adding a clean, musky-amber character that amplifies the citrus freshness. Lavender provides an aromatic, herbal heart that bridges the top and base notes smoothly. Tonka bean forms a sweet, vanillic base that lends a comforting warmth to the dry-down. The composition remains relatively linear after the initial burst, focusing on a clean, aromatic freshness with a subtle sweet undertone. Projection is moderate initially but becomes skin-close within an hour, ideal for casual daytime wear in spring or summer. It works well in warm weather but lacks depth for cooler evenings.
Scent twins
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