Queen Bess
Cinnamon, saffron, clove, cardamom, bergamot, and grass open together in a complex spiced-aromatic mix — the spices dominant and warm, the bergamot and grass providing some brightness to prevent the opener from becoming oppressive.
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.
- Cinnamon60
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Rose
The note pyramid
- Cinnamon
- Saffron
- Clove
- Cardamom
- Bergamot
- Grass
- Lavender
By the editors · 2 min readCinnamon, saffron, clove, cardamom, bergamot, and grass open together in a complex spiced-aromatic mix — the spices dominant and warm, the bergamot and grass providing some brightness to prevent the opener from becoming oppressive. Lavender, rose, and musk form the heart, the lavender adding herbal structure alongside the warmer rose. Sandalwood, amber, patchouli, and cedar build a rich, warm-earthy base.
This is a dense oriental spice fragrance. The opening is bold and multi-spiced; the drydown moves toward warm amber-patchouli territory with the spice mellowing but not disappearing. The lavender in the heart bridges the aromatic opening with the warmer base. Best in cold weather when the complexity and projection feel appropriate.
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.
