Paris Bangalore
Saffron and clove arrive together at the opening — sharp, metallic, and lightly medicinal.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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
- Balsamic50
- Woody50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Saffron
- Clove
- Vanilla
- Tonka Bean
- Amber
- Tonka Bean
By the editors · 2 min readSaffron and clove arrive together at the opening — sharp, metallic, and lightly medicinal. There is an immediate warmth from the pairing, the saffron leaning dusty while the clove pushes toward a faintly spiced bite.
Vanilla fills the heart, absorbing the saffron's earthiness and rounding out the clove. The transition is smooth rather than dramatic. Tonka bean adds a mild nuttiness beneath the vanilla, keeping the sweetness dry rather than sugary.
In the base, amber grounds the whole structure in a warm, resinous haze. The overall impression is a compact oriental — dense with spice and sweetness, sitting close to skin without projecting far.
Scent twins
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