Duha
Clary sage opens with a slightly herbaceous, hay-tinged aromatic edge — drier than lavender, with a soft musky undertone the herb carries naturally.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Sweet50
- Vanilla
The note pyramid
- Clary Sage
- Tonka Bean
- Caramel
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readClary sage opens with a slightly herbaceous, hay-tinged aromatic edge — drier than lavender, with a soft musky undertone the herb carries naturally. The entry is restrained and quiet, more skin-warm than bright.
Tonka bean and caramel form the heart. Tonka brings creamy hay sweetness with an almond undercurrent; caramel deepens the composition into burnt-sugar gourmand territory. Together they pull the sage's herbal coolness directly into dessert.
Vetiver closes the base in an unusual choice for this register. Vetiver's smoky grass undercuts the caramel-tonka sweetness with a dry, earthy bitterness that keeps the composition from collapsing into pure candy. Gourmand-aromatic — caramel-tonka heart with vetiver spine, soft on skin, comforting rather than commanding.
Scent twins
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