Amande
A full top pyramid — black pepper, clove, lemon, grapefruit, cardamom, bergamot, and nutmeg — arrives in an energetic, multi-spiced citrus opening.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 16 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.
- Balsamic60
- Leather60
- Citrus60
- Almond
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Clove
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
- Cardamom
- Bergamot
- Nutmeg
By the editors · 2 min readA full top pyramid — black pepper, clove, lemon, grapefruit, cardamom, bergamot, and nutmeg — arrives in an energetic, multi-spiced citrus opening. The spices dominate: pepper and clove provide heat and sharpness, cardamom and nutmeg smooth warmth, and the citrus notes (lemon, grapefruit, bergamot) lift the combination without softening it significantly.
The base is leather, sandalwood, frankincense, labdanum, benzoin, and patchouli — a resinous, slightly animalic foundation. The frankincense-labdanum-benzoin combination reads as balsamic incense; patchouli adds earth; leather introduces a dry, hide-like quality. The spiced citrus opening landing on this base creates a fragrance with real range — from bright and energetic to dark and resinous.
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.
