Sable Pourpre
Incense and saffron create an opening rich with smoky spice and aromatic warmth, while raspberry adds a jammy fruitiness that feels dark and luxurious.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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
- Rose50
- Balsamic50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Incense
- Raspberry
- Saffron
- Patchouli
- Styrax
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readIncense and saffron create an opening rich with smoky spice and aromatic warmth, while raspberry adds a jammy fruitiness that feels dark and luxurious. Rose and patchouli emerge in the heart, blending floral richness with earthy depth and a hint of chocolate-like undertones. Leather and musk dominate the dry-down, providing a robust, animalic foundation that contrasts with the residual sweetness. Styrax enhances the balsamic quality, adding a sticky, resinous texture that lingers on the skin. Sillage is strong initially, filling a room before settling into a potent personal bubble with exceptional longevity. Best worn in cool weather for evening or formal events where its dramatic, opulent character makes a bold statement.
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.
