Parfum Sacré
Parfum Sacré opens with a spiced warmth that feels ceremonial—cinnamon and cardamom mingle with mimosa's honeyed pollen, creating an atmosphere somewhere between a cathedral and a flower market at dawn.
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.
- Aromatic50
- Rose50
- Sweet50
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Cinnamon
- Cardamom
- Mimosa
- Jasmine
- Orange Blossom
- Clove
By the editors · 2 min readParfum Sacré opens with a spiced warmth that feels ceremonial—cinnamon and cardamom mingle with mimosa's honeyed pollen, creating an atmosphere somewhere between a cathedral and a flower market at dawn. The effect is immediate but not aggressive, an enveloping cloud rather than a sharp announcement.
As it settles, jasmine and orange blossom emerge through the spice, their natural indolic richness amplified by clove's suggestion of incense. This isn't polite florals; there's a weight and warmth that recalls vintage Caron's unapologetic style. The contrast between clean white flowers and resinous spice creates tension without chaos.
The drydown reveals soft musk that lets the spiced florals linger close to skin. This is a perfume for someone drawn to opulent orientals but wary of sweetness—it maintains composure even at its most intense. Best suited to cooler weather and those comfortable wearing fragrance that announces a presence.
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.
