Gypsy Water
Gypsy Water opens with a bright citrus clarity—bergamot and lemon that feel scrubbed clean rather than sparkling.
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.
- Woody75
- Smoky70
- Vanilla60
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Bergamot
- Incense
- Frankincense
- Iris
By the editors · 2 min readGypsy Water opens with a bright citrus clarity—bergamot and lemon that feel scrubbed clean rather than sparkling. This freshness doesn't linger long. Within minutes, incense begins to thread through, not heavy or resinous, but gauzy and almost transparent, like smoke caught in sunlight filtering through pine trees.
The base settles into a gentle arrangement of sandalwood and vanilla, softened by amber into something skin-close and unassuming. The vanilla never turns sweet or gourmand; it reads more as warmth than dessert. What remains is quietly woody, faintly smoky, with just enough sweetness to keep it from austerity.
This suits someone drawn to understated compositions that suggest rather than announce. It's the sort of fragrance that works equally well in a quiet room or outdoors, neither demanding attention nor disappearing entirely. Seasonal versatility is one of its strengths—it adapts without losing coherence.
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