Madonna (Lilly)
Sandalwood opens with an unexpected edge, black pepper cutting through the creaminess before the composition settles.
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.
- Amber60
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Sandalwood
- Black Pepper
- Amber
- Moss
- Cardamom
By the editors · 2 min readSandalwood opens with an unexpected edge, black pepper cutting through the creaminess before the composition settles. The warmth is immediate but not suffocating — there's a dryness here that keeps it from reading as sweet.
Cardamom and amber emerge together in the heart, building a resinous middle that leans spiced rather than gourmand. The moss anchors everything below, adding a muted earthiness that prevents the amber from going too soft.
Overall this wears close and unhurried, with a woody-spicy character that suits cooler months. The combination of moss and cardamom over sandalwood gives it a structured, slightly austere quality without tipping into harshness.
Scent twins
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