Wind of the Great Steppe
Cumin and saffron leap first, their dry spice carrying a faintly sweaty edge that feels like sun-heated skin.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Violet60
- Fresh50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Mint
- Cumin
- Saffron
- Violet
- Leather
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readCumin and saffron leap first, their dry spice carrying a faintly sweaty edge that feels like sun-heated skin. A cool mint flutter tries to lift the heat but gets swallowed, leaving the spices to dominate until violet arrives with a dusty, slightly iris-like powder that softens the edges without erasing the grit. Leather enters early and stays, a matte hide tanned with vetiver’s grassy smoke and patchouli’s loamy crumble, while cedar adds splintered wood dryness that keeps the base from turning creamy. Over hours the spices recede, letting the violet-leather accord settle into a quiet, earthy skin scent that still carries the original cumin snap. Moderate projection, best in cool weather; office-safe if applied sparingly.
Scent twins
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