Casbah
One of the more composed Avon feminines from the early 1990s.
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.
- White Floral50
- Violet50
- Fresh Spicy50
- Rose
The note pyramid
- Jasmine
- Jasmine
- Grapefruit
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Bergamot
- Orchid
By the editors · 2 min readOne of the more composed Avon feminines from the early 1990s. The opening is an unusual inversion — jasmine leads in the top rather than the base, pushing a floral-forward first impression before bergamot and grapefruit assert their citrus brightness. The heart pivots firmly into spiced florals: clove and nutmeg anchor warmth around iris and rose, with orchid providing a slight creamy cushion that prevents the spice from reading harsh.
Sandalwood and musk anchor the base in a clean, dry landing — restrained compared to the heavier spice character of the heart. The construction has genuine arc: opening freshness, mid-stage warmth, and a cooler close. Best worn in fall or winter evenings; the spice-floral heart earns more in cool air than in heat.
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.
