Taj
Rum opens with a boozy sweetness, immediately joined by iris — an unusual pairing where iris's cool root-and-powder character collides with rum's warm, slightly molasses depth.
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.
- White Floral50
- Rose50
- Woody50
- Iris
The note pyramid
- Rum
- Iris
- Iris
- Rose
- Civet
By the editors · 2 min readRum opens with a boozy sweetness, immediately joined by iris — an unusual pairing where iris's cool root-and-powder character collides with rum's warm, slightly molasses depth. The start is dense and atypical rather than easy.
Iris carries on into the heart, deepening alongside rose. The rose reads slightly dusty and powdered against the iris rather than fresh; together they form a powdery floral chord with rum still humming underneath.
Civet alone supports the base, contributing a warm animalic muskiness that turns the iris-rose into something more skin-like and intimate. Without supporting woods or amber, the drydown stays narrow and animalic-floral. Overall character: a distinctive powdery floral with boozy and animalic edges — slightly retro, slightly strange. Projection moderate, longevity strong on cloth.
Scent twins
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