The Legend of Tomiris
The Legend of Tomiris opens with a fleeting brightness—neroli tempered by green, almost crushed-stem freshness that feels less citrus than pastoral.
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.
- Musky75
- Woody70
- Earthy65
- Patchouli
The note pyramid
- Neroli
- Grass
- White Musk
- Violet
- Nutmeg
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readThe Legend of Tomiris opens with a fleeting brightness—neroli tempered by green, almost crushed-stem freshness that feels less citrus than pastoral. This gives way quickly to the heart, where white musk floats over violet and rose, creating a powdery-floral softness interrupted by nutmeg's warm rasp. The effect is oddly transparent despite the richness of materials, as though viewing florals through gauze.
The base pulls the composition earthward with sandalwood and vetiver anchoring vanilla's sweetness, while patchouli and papyrus add dry, slightly dusty texture. Guaiac wood contributes a subtle smokiness that never overwhelms. The whole feels like a deliberate balancing act between soft and structured, East and West.
Best suited to those who appreciate musky florals with grounding but not heavy woodiness. Named for the warrior queen of the Massagetae, though the scent itself reads more contemplative than fierce—a modern interpretation rather than historical recreation.
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.
