The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Aromatic60
- Fresh Spicy60
- Fresh50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Lavender
- Black Pepper
- Pink Pepper
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readDunhill 51.3 N. opens with grapefruit — clean, citrus-sharp, slightly bitter — before lavender and pepper arrive in the heart to steer the composition into aromatic-spicy territory. Black pepper adds warmth and dry bite alongside the pink pepper's lighter, fruitier heat. Cedar provides structural woody support.
Sandalwood and vanilla close the composition with modest warmth — the vanilla is present but restrained, preventing any sweetness from undermining the overall dry, aromatic character.
The composition sits comfortably in the classic masculine aromatic space: citrus-herbal opening, pepper-spiced heart, dry wood base. Linear in character but well-balanced, and appropriate for professional or casual daytime contexts.
Scent twins
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