K Dolce & Gabbana 2019 Eau de Toilette
Blood orange opens with a sharp, slightly bitter citrus edge — more pith than juice, which keeps it from reading sweet.
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.
- Citrus70
- Earthy70
- Aromatic60
- Patchouli
The note pyramid
- Blood Orange
- Sicilian Lemon
- Juniper Berry
- Lavender
- Rose Geranium
- Clary Sage
By the editors · 2 min readBlood orange opens with a sharp, slightly bitter citrus edge — more pith than juice, which keeps it from reading sweet. Clary sage enters quickly, adding a dry, faintly herbal character that tempers the brightness without dulling it.
As the fragrance settles, vetiver and patchouli pull it firmly into earthy territory. The vetiver brings a smoky, rooty dryness while patchouli adds depth and a subtle darkness. Together they anchor the composition and shift it away from conventional citrus-fresh territory.
The overall effect is a citrus-opening aromatic with real drydown weight. Wears close to the skin as it develops, best suited to cooler weather where the earthy base reads cleanest.
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.
