Oud
Black pepper and saffron open with heat and metallic warmth — both assertive notes that establish the composition's spiced, serious character immediately.
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.
- Warm Spicy50
- White Floral50
- Balsamic50
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Saffron
- Rosemary
- Orange Blossom
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readBlack pepper and saffron open with heat and metallic warmth — both assertive notes that establish the composition's spiced, serious character immediately. Rosemary and orange blossom in the heart provide an herbal brightness alongside floral softness, while patchouli deepens the earthy dimension. Incense, leather, and amber make up the base — a classical structure that is dark, resinous, and dry. Despite the oud designation in the name, the composition reads more as incense-leather-amber in practice, with oud as a supporting rather than dominant element. A contemplative oriental best worn in cool weather and evening contexts.
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.
