1881 Bella Notte Man
Lime and lemon open sharply, a clean citrus spark that fades relatively fast.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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
- Herbal50
- Aromatic50
- Cinnamon
The note pyramid
- Lime
- Lemon
- Cinnamon
- Jasmine
- Cardamom
- Nutmeg
By the editors · 2 min readLime and lemon open sharply, a clean citrus spark that fades relatively fast. Cinnamon arrives quickly and dominates the heart — it's the loudest voice here, flanked by cardamom and nutmeg that add warmth and a dry edge, with jasmine softening the whole spice accord without much sweetness.
Cedar and patchouli build through the base, grounding the spice in wood and a mild earthiness. Vanilla keeps the dry-down approachable rather than austere.
Overall, this is a warm-spicy oriental with citrus handling the entry duties and cinnamon doing most of the work in between. It reads as evening-appropriate — not heavy, but directional.
Scent twins
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