Rīdzinieks (Рижанин)
Petitgrain snaps open with a bitter-green edge that keeps the sweeter orange blossom and orange from turning syrupy, while bergamot supplies a cool metallic sparkle on top.
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.
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody50
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Orange Blossom
- Orange
- Bergamot
- Sandalwood
- Lavender
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readPetitgrain snaps open with a bitter-green edge that keeps the sweeter orange blossom and orange from turning syrupy, while bergamot supplies a cool metallic sparkle on top. The heart is built around a dry sandalwood core; lavender adds a clean, slightly camphorous lift and vetiver threads a smoky-grass austerity through the wood, muting any creamy facets. Oakmoss soon overtakes the woods, laying down a cool, brackish green carpet that swallows most of the citrus and lets only a muted amber glow through. Musk stays close to the skin, extending the mossy-wood accord for several hours without adding sweetness or loud projection. It wears like a crisp white shirt after a rainstorm: restrained, slightly bitter, quietly earthy. Best in cool weather, office-safe, and never cloying.
Scent twins
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