Alhambra - Pasión Gitana
Almond dominates the opening, its marzipan creaminess immediately sweetened by lemon's candied tartness and bergamot's metallic sparkle, creating a pastry-like top that feels both powdery and citrus-bright.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Almond90
- Yellow Floral60
- Fresh50
- Lactonic
The note pyramid
- Jasmine
- Almond
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Ylang-Ylang
- Heliotrope
- Osmanthus
By the editors · 2 min readAlmond dominates the opening, its marzipan creaminess immediately sweetened by lemon's candied tartness and bergamot's metallic sparkle, creating a pastry-like top that feels both powdery and citrus-bright. Jasmine enters quickly, its indolic richness cutting through the gourmand opening while ylang-ylang adds a banana-like creaminess that amplifies the almond's fatty character. Heliotrope continues the powdery theme into the heart, its vanilla-tinged softness merging with osmanthus's apricot leather to create a fuzzy, skin-hugging floral accord. The sandalwood and cedar base emerges as a dry, woody foundation that prevents the composition from becoming overly sweet, with the cedar's pencil-sharp dryness particularly evident in the final hours. Projection stays within arm's reach for approximately five hours, making it office-appropriate despite its gourmand leanings. The overall character suggests cool weather wear, where the almond's cozy sweetness won't become cloying.
Scent twins
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