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Bergamot snaps open with a brisk, green-citrus peel edge that immediately tilts masculine.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Cumin
- Pink Pepper
- Sandalwood
- Musk
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot snaps open with a brisk, green-citrus peel edge that immediately tilts masculine. Cumin lands next, its sweaty warmth wrapped in pink pepper’s rosy sparkle, creating a dry spice haze that pushes the citrus aside within ten minutes. Sandalwood arrives early and stays dominant, its creamy planks seasoned by clove’s sweet heat and a quiet myrrh resin smokiness, while oakmoss threads a cool, earthy bitterness through the base that keeps the wood from feeling dessert-like. The dry-down is sandalwood-centric: musk fills the grain but does not obscure it, leaving a skin-close woody glow with lingering cumin shadow. Projection sits at arm’s length for four hours then hugs skin; best in cool weather, smart-casual offices or weekend travel.
Scent twins
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