Acqua Decima
A bracing opening of mint and lemon has a peeled-rind cleanness with a cool herbal lift, more cologne-style than candy-fresh.
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.
- Aromatic75
- Green55
- Citrus55
- Fresh
The note pyramid
- Mint
- Lemon
- Petitgrain
- Neroli
- Vetiver
- Petitgrain
By the editors · 2 min readA bracing opening of mint and lemon has a peeled-rind cleanness with a cool herbal lift, more cologne-style than candy-fresh.
In the heart, petitgrain and neroli arrive together, the petitgrain adding a green-bitter twig quality and neroli contributing a soft, slightly indolic floral lift. The transition feels brisk and Mediterranean.
The base is minimal: vetiver provides an earthy mineral floor that keeps the citrus and herbs anchored, with mandarin in the broader composition adding a sweeter citrus shadow. The overall character is sun-drenched and unisex, suited to hot weather and daytime, with modest longevity and a clean, polite projection. It works best as an outdoor refresher or an after-shower scent rather than an all-day perfume.
Scent twins
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