Cuirtis
Castoreum dominates the opening with a musky, leathery funk that feels almost tarry, while cumin adds a sharp, sweaty edge.
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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.
- Animalic90
- Leather70
- Mossy60
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Cumin
- Osmanthus
- Castoreum
- Orris
- Vanilla
- Iris
- Castoreum
By the editors · 2 min readCastoreum dominates the opening with a musky, leathery funk that feels almost tarry, while cumin adds a sharp, sweaty edge. Osmanthus quickly softens the animalic blast, lending a delicate apricot-leather nuance that bridges into the heart. There, orris and iris create a cool, chalky powder that mingles with a dry rose absolute, all dusted with a restrained vanilla that never turns sweet. The base reintroduces castoreum, now smoother, paired with oakmoss and a touch of birch-tar to recreate a vintage chypre silhouette; violet leaf supplies a crisp green flash and oud wood brings a slightly medicinal, resinous depth. Over hours the musk relaxes into a dark, moss-laden skin scent that projects modestly yet lingers stubbornly on fabric.
Scent twins
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