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.
- Herbal50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Mint
- Tarragon
- Bergamot
- Virginia Cedar
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readMint and tarragon deliver an immediate green, aromatic freshness that is sharp and slightly medicinal. Bergamot adds a citrus brightness that lightens the herbal top notes without sweetening them. Virginia cedar provides a dry, woody backbone that emerges early and persists through the wear. Musk adds a clean, skin-scent quality that keeps the fragrance close and intimate. The scent is linear and straightforward, focusing on crisp herbal and woody accents without significant evolution. It projects modestly for the first hour before settling into a subtle trail. Best for warm weather and casual or sporty occasions, it offers a functional freshness. Longevity is limited to three to four hours.
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.