Scent
Opening with a sharp snap of cardamom and bergamot, Scent announces itself with spice rather than sweetness.
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.
- Sandalwood75
- Cardamom70
- Leather70
- Bergamot65
- Amber60
By the editors · 2 min readOpening with a sharp snap of cardamom and bergamot, Scent announces itself with spice rather than sweetness. The beginning feels almost austere—bright but not cheerful, aromatic in the way a pressed linen shirt is crisp. As it settles, a clean rose emerges, more petal than perfume, threading through without dominating.
What makes this distinctive is the base: sandalwood rubbed smooth by leather and patchouli, with just enough vanilla to soften the edges without turning sweet. The ambergris adds a mineral quality, something like warm skin or paper left in the sun. It's androgynous in the way good tailoring is androgynous—structured, unfussy, elegant without effort.
This suits someone drawn to minimalism who still wants presence. It doesn't announce a mood; it establishes one quietly and holds it there.
