Qahwa
Cardamom snaps open with a green-citrus bite that immediately sweetens as warm, resinous labdanum swells underneath.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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
- Woody50
- Sweet50
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Cardamom
- Labdanum
- Smoke
- Coffee
- Benzoin
By the editors · 2 min readCardamom snaps open with a green-citrus bite that immediately sweetens as warm, resinous labdanum swells underneath. The heart folds in roasted coffee bean and a dry woodsmoke haze, turning the early spice into a dark, slightly bitter mocha accord that clings to clothes. Benzoin’s soft vanillic glaze arrives late, smoothing the charred edges and lending a gentle caramel glow that lasts close to skin. Projection stays reserved, wafting no farther than arm’s length, yet the scent lingers for seven-plus hours. Cool autumn evenings and relaxed weekend cafés feel like natural habitat for this quiet, coffee-ringed skin scent.
Scent twins
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