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Gardenia and saffron open together, the creamy white flower sharpened by the spice's metallic warmth.
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.
- Rose70
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- White Floral
The note pyramid
- Gardenia
- Saffron
- Damask Rose
- Sandalwood
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readGardenia and saffron open together, the creamy white flower sharpened by the spice's metallic warmth. It's an unusual pairing — neither takes full control, but they hold each other in productive tension.
Damask rose emerges at the centre, adding depth without softening the saffron edge. The floral core stays resinous and slightly animalic rather than fresh or dewy.
Sandalwood and vetiver ground the base in cool, earthy wood. The vetiver keeps things dry and slightly smoky while the sandalwood prevents austerity. The result is a spiced floral with a grounded, almost sculptural finish — more contemplative than exuberant.
Scent twins
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