Yogananda
Ambergris opens with a salty marine breeze carrying subtle animalic warmth that immediately establishes this as an oceanic amber rather than a desert one.
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.
- Animalic90
- Amber80
- Balsamic70
- Marine
The note pyramid
- Ambergris
- Frankincense
- Ylang-Ylang
- Nutmeg
- Labdanum
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min readAmbergris opens with a salty marine breeze carrying subtle animalic warmth that immediately establishes this as an oceanic amber rather than a desert one. Frankincense adds a resinous backbone while ylang-ylang introduces a buttery floral dimension that prevents the composition from becoming too austere or dry. The heart reveals labdanum's leathery amber character which amplifies the ambergris rather than replacing it, creating a seamless transition from aquatic top to resinous middle. Sandalwood in the base provides creamy wood support while civet and castoreum deliver pronounced animalic depth that emerges gradually rather than assaulting immediately. This evolution creates a wearing experience that shifts from bright marine incense to intimate skin-scent fur over six to eight hours. Projection stays moderate with noticeable sillage for the first three hours before settling into personal space where the animalics become most apparent.
Scent twins
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