Cuir de Venise
Ginger and cinnamon open with a sharp, warm-spicy kick that is immediately grounded by cocoa's dry, bittersweet richness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 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.
- Soft Spicy50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Ginger
- Cinnamon
- Cocoa
- Guaiac Wood
- Patchouli
- Papyrus
By the editors · 2 min readGinger and cinnamon open with a sharp, warm-spicy kick that is immediately grounded by cocoa's dry, bittersweet richness. Guaiac wood and patchouli emerge in the heart, adding a smoky, earthy depth that contrasts with the top notes' warmth. Papyrus introduces a dry, papery texture that enhances the composition's leather-like character without being animalic. Vanilla and cedar form the base, with vanilla lending a soft sweetness that smooths the spices while cedar provides a clean, woody anchor. The fragrance evolves from spicy-aromatic to a warm, resinous dry-down with subtle leather undertones. Projection is moderate and persistent, suited for cool weather evenings or formal occasions where a bold, evolving scent is desired.
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.
