The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Warm Spicy50
- Balsamic50
- Woody50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Sandalwood
- Patchouli
- Tonka Bean
- Labdanum
- Amber
- Vanilla
- Tonka Bean
By the editors · 2 min readPatchouli arrives first, dry and earthy, riding on creamy sandalwood that smooths its rough edges. The pairing keeps the heart austere rather than head-shop sweet, letting the wood’s lactonic warmth cushion the medicinal bite. As the accord settles, labdanum streams in, adding a leathery, incense-tinged amber that darkens the texture without adding sugar. Vanilla and tonka bloom late, but they stay tucked low, supplying a soft, hay-like cushion that lengthens wear rather than turning the fragrance gourmand. On skin the progression is linear: earthy wood → resinous amber → faint vanillic trail, each stage quieter than the last. Projection stays moderate for roughly six hours, casting a warm, slightly dusty aura that reads smart-casual and autumn-ready.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.