Hora Fugit
Lavender and bergamot create a classic aromatic opening that is fresh, herbal, and slightly citrusy.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Leather80
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Lavender
- Bergamot
- Sandalwood
- Vetiver
- Cedar
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readLavender and bergamot create a classic aromatic opening that is fresh, herbal, and slightly citrusy. Sandalwood, vetiver, cedar, and patchouli form a dense woody heart that is both earthy and slightly creamy, adding depth to the aromatic top. Leather and benzoin dominate the dry-down, introducing a smooth, suede-like texture and a warm, balsamic sweetness accentuated by nutmeg's subtle spice. The fragrance evolves significantly from a fresh aromatic to a rich, leathery oriental over three to four hours. Projection is strong initially but mellows into a moderate sillage, with longevity extending beyond eight hours. Suitable for cool weather evenings or casual outings, it presents a robust and evolving aromatic leather composition.
Scent twins
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.
