Fate Woman
The opening is a sharp crack of cinnamon—medicinal, almost fiery—over bright bergamot that vanishes quickly.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 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.
- Smoky95
- Balsamic85
- Mossy80
- Leather
The note pyramid
- Cinnamon
- Cinnamon
- Bergamot
- Bergamot
- Incense
- Jasmine
- Jasmine
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is a sharp crack of cinnamon—medicinal, almost fiery—over bright bergamot that vanishes quickly. This isn't sweet spice; it's resinous and austere, setting the tone for what follows. Within minutes, dense clouds of incense rise, mingling with indolic jasmine and a heavy labdanum that clings like church incense on woolen vestments. The florals never soften into prettiness; narcissus and rose emerge shadowed, almost funereal, anchored by a leathery, animalic undertone.
As it settles, the base reveals oakmoss and patchouli in their classic, mossy thickness, while castoreum adds a musky warmth that hovers between skin and something darker. Benzoin lends a trace of balmy sweetness, but never enough to lighten the mood. The overall effect is grand, solemn, nearly operatic—a scent for someone drawn to baroque intensity over modern restraint.
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.
