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Basil and cardamom create an aromatic and fresh-spicy opening that is both green and warmly inviting.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Herbal60
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy50
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Basil
- Cardamom
- Amber
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readBasil and cardamom create an aromatic and fresh-spicy opening that is both green and warmly inviting. Basil lends a crisp, slightly sweet herbal character, while cardamom adds a nuanced peppery warmth that feels sophisticated and versatile. This duo evolves smoothly into a base of amber and musk, which provides a soft, resinous foundation that enhances the scent's longevity and skin affinity. The dry-down is warm and subtly sweet, with the musk ensuring a clean and intimate trail. Best suited for daily wear in milder weather, its moderate projection makes it reliable for casual and professional environments.
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.
