Dries Van Noten par Frédéric Malle
Saffron, bergamot and nutmeg open with a warm, slightly leathery brightness, the citrus shaved thin against the dry spices.
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.
- Woody80
- Sweet50
- Vanilla50
- Powdery
The note pyramid
- Saffron
- Bergamot
- Nutmeg
- Mysore Sandalwood
- Patchouli
- Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min readSaffron, bergamot and nutmeg open with a warm, slightly leathery brightness, the citrus shaved thin against the dry spices. The transition is smooth: sandalwood and patchouli take over almost immediately, building a creamy-earthy core that defines the rest of the wear.
Vanilla and musk underline the base without pushing it gourmand, the sandalwood staying milky rather than syrupy, the patchouli kept clean rather than mossy. There is a balsamic, slightly powdered quality that suggests amber even where none is listed. Overall the character is warm, soft and woody-resinous, with restrained sweetness and a quiet but persistent diffusion that rewards close-range attention more than projection.
Scent twins
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