Waka - Madagascar
Ginger snaps open with a bright, peppery heat that immediately meets bergamot’s sharp citrus edge, creating a spicy-citrus flash sharpened by petitgrain’s green twig bite.
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.
- Herbal50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Rose
The note pyramid
- Ginger
- Petitgrain
- Bergamot
- Cinnamon
- Jasmine
- Ylang-Ylang
- Eucalyptus
By the editors · 2 min readGinger snaps open with a bright, peppery heat that immediately meets bergamot’s sharp citrus edge, creating a spicy-citrus flash sharpened by petitgrain’s green twig bite. The heart folds cinnamon bark warmth around ylang-ylang’s creamy banana facet while jasmine keeps the floral core airy; eucalyptus injects a cooling camphor lift that stops the spice from turning syrupy. Vanilla and sandalwood smooth the base into a soft, woody-creamy cushion, yet patchouli leaves a dry, earthy tail that keeps the sweetness in check. On skin the ginger-cinnamon accord lingers for hours, slowly trading its fiery crackle for a muted, dusty wood finish. Projection stays at arm’s length, perfect for cool fall days or an informal office setting.
Scent twins
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