Atlantic Ambergris
Cardamom crackles over bergamot, releasing a bright, peppery lift that feels almost effervescent against the skin.
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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.
- Balsamic90
- Amber80
- Soft Spicy70
- Mossy
The note pyramid
- Cardamom
- Bergamot
- Tonka Bean
- Ambergris
- Ylang-Ylang
- Clove
- Nutmeg
By the editors · 2 min readCardamom crackles over bergamot, releasing a bright, peppery lift that feels almost effervescent against the skin. Within minutes the spices fold into a warm, salty ambergris heart where tonka adds a creamy almond softness and ylang-ylang lends a banana-yellow glow, while clove and nutmeg keep the sweetness in check. Oakmoss and violet leaf emerge next, lending a cool, crushed-green facet that steers the composition away from gourmand territory and into something more oceanic. The dry-down is resinous rather than sweet: myrrh, labdanum and opoponax form a leathery, incense-laden base that clings to clothes for hours yet stays close to skin. Projection is moderate-to-soft, ideal for office or travel in cool spring or fall weather; longevity stretches past eight hours on fabric.
Scent twins
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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.
