The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 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.
- Violet70
- Aromatic60
- Amber60
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Sage
- Bergamot
- Freesia
- Cardamom
- Violet
- Nutmeg
By the editors · 2 min readSage and bergamot combine in a cool, slightly bitter top that feels like crushed leaves on wet stone. The heart quickly folds in violet’s powdered sweetness, cardamom’s peppery lift and freesia’s watery green, creating a damp-floral accord that softens the opening austerity. Nutmeg sneaks in warmth, preparing the runway for the base’s thick tonka-vanilla curve edged by powdery musk and a quiet patchouli earthiness. Jasmine and lily add a clean white hum that keeps the composition from sliding into full gourmand territory, while amber supplies a low, honeyed glow that lingers close to skin. Projection stays reserved, creating a personal aura rather than a room-filling trail, ideal for office days or cool spring walks when you want polish without announcement.
Scent twins
In this family
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.
