Mystery Oud
Cumin delivers an immediate animalic edge over violet, the combination dense and slightly abrasive.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Balsamic65
- Iris50
- Amber50
- Animalic
The note pyramid
- Cumin
- Violet
- Incense
- Oud
- Frankincense
- Iris
- Nutmeg
By the editors · 2 min readCumin delivers an immediate animalic edge over violet, the combination dense and slightly abrasive. The opening demands attention rather than asking for it gently.
Incense, frankincense, and oud dominate the heart — smoky and deeply resinous, with iris adding a thin powdery seam through the density. Nutmeg brings a faint warm-spicy texture without softening the overall weight. The oud here reads dark and medicinal rather than sweet.
Labdanum, amber, leather, and musk form a long-lasting base that is heavy, balsamic, and close to animalic. The drydown is persistent and full, carrying the smoky resin character deep into the wear.
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.
