Puritas
Frankincense opens with a dry, resinous smoke that mingles with saffron's warm spice and pink pepper's subtle piquancy.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Smoky70
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Frankincense
- Saffron
- Pink Pepper
- Olibanum
- Ylang-Ylang
- Saffron
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readFrankincense opens with a dry, resinous smoke that mingles with saffron's warm spice and pink pepper's subtle piquancy. Olibanum deepens the balsamic core while ylang-ylang and rose add a soft floral sweetness that tempers the incense. Guaiac wood and vetiver ground the base with dry, earthy woods, complemented by labdanum and amber's warm resinous glow. Patchouli adds an earthy depth while tonka bean introduces a gentle vanilla-tinged sweetness. The composition evolves from smoky-spicy to a warm, woody-amber dry-down over several hours. It projects moderately with strong longevity, suited for cool weather evenings and formal occasions.
Scent twins
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