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Ginger, rosemary, and basil create an aromatic and herbal opening that is both fresh and slightly pungent.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Fresh50
- Herbal50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Ginger
- Rosemary
- Basil
- Jasmine
- Patchouli
- Cardamom
By the editors · 2 min readGinger, rosemary, and basil create an aromatic and herbal opening that is both fresh and slightly pungent. Jasmine introduces a floral sweetness that contrasts with patchouli’s earthy depth and cardamom’s soft spice in the heart. Sandalwood and vetiver form a dry woody base that feels earthy and slightly rooty, supported by amber’s faint resinous glow. Musk adds a clean skin scent that emerges in the late dry-down. The scent evolves from bright and green to warm and woody over three hours. Moderate sillage makes it suitable for daytime wear in spring or fall, especially in warm weather.
Scent twins
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