Bois de Gayac
Saffron and pink pepper create an immediate warm-spicy opening with subtle citrus undertones from grapefruit and orange.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Warm Spicy50
- Balsamic50
- Woody50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Saffron
- Pink Pepper
- Orange
- Grapefruit
- Nutmeg
- Sandalwood
- Oud
By the editors · 2 min readSaffron and pink pepper create an immediate warm-spicy opening with subtle citrus undertones from grapefruit and orange. Nutmeg adds a dry aromatic quality that transitions into the heart where oud and rose emerge prominently. Sandalwood and cedar form a woody backbone that supports the saffron's continued presence through the mid-phase. Patchouli contributes earthy depth while guaiac wood in the base adds smoky resinous character to the dry-down. Olibanum provides a balsamic lift that blends with amber's warmth and musk's skin-like quality. The composition evolves significantly over three hours, moving from spicy-citrus to woody-resinous with moderate projection. Longevity extends beyond eight hours with best performance in cooler weather during formal occasions.
Scent twins
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