No 8
Galbanum snaps open with bitter-green sap that bruises the bright lemon–bergamot duo, giving the citrus a leafy, almost chlorophyll edge.
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.
- Fresh50
- Aromatic50
- White Floral50
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Galbanum
- Bergamot
- Incense
- Mint
- Neroli
By the editors · 2 min readGalbanum snaps open with bitter-green sap that bruises the bright lemon–bergamot duo, giving the citrus a leafy, almost chlorophyll edge. Incense rises early, cooling the accord with camphor while mint pushes a frosty spearmint lift through the heart, slicing the neroli’s honeyed orange-blossom into something brisk rather than sweet. White musk shears off any residual sugar, letting cedar splinters stay dry as amber slowly warms the base, extending the incense’s mineral glow without turning resinous. Wear tests show a cool, aromatic trail that stays within arm’s length for six hours, perfect for spring office days or post-gym errands when you want cleanness but not cliché.
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.
