Awake
Awake opens with a jolt—bright lemon cut through with green cardamom, sharp enough to register before the coffee arrives.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Citrus75
- Earthy65
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Vetiver
- Lemon
- Cardamom
- Coffee
By the editors · 2 min readAwake opens with a jolt—bright lemon cut through with green cardamom, sharp enough to register before the coffee arrives. The coffee note isn't sweet or creamy; it reads dry and roasted, almost medicinal in its bitterness, like espresso grounds left too long in the cup. This isn't a gourmand interpretation but something more austere.
As it settles, vetiver anchors the composition with smoky, earthy weight. The lemon fades but leaves a citric brightness that keeps the coffee from turning heavy. The cardamom persists as a spicy thread throughout, warming the blend without sweetening it.
The overall effect is bracing rather than comforting—a caffeinated wake-up call rendered in scent. It suits those drawn to raw materials over polish, and anyone who prefers their fragrances functional and uncompromising. Brief longevity, close to skin.
Scent twins
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