Rafia Gold
Saffron and lemon create an opening that is both spicy and bright, with the citrus note providing a sharp contrast to saffron's warmth.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Amber60
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Rose
The note pyramid
- Saffron
- Lemon
- Sandalwood
- Lily of the Valley
- Cedar
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readSaffron and lemon create an opening that is both spicy and bright, with the citrus note providing a sharp contrast to saffron's warmth. Sandalwood and cedar form a woody heart that is creamy and dry respectively, while lily of the valley adds a green floral touch and rose introduces a soft floral sweetness. Amber and patchouli in the base provide a warm, slightly earthy foundation that is smoothed by a clean musk note. The composition evolves from a spicy-citrus opening to a woody-floral heart and finally a warm, resinous dry-down. Projection is moderate and longevity extends to about six hours, making it suitable for daytime wear in spring or fall. Occasions range from casual to work settings where its balanced character is appropriate.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
