Spectre
Incense and saffron open with a dry, resinous warmth that feels both meditative and subtly spicy.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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
- Incense
- Saffron
- Amberwood
- Leather
- Violet
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readIncense and saffron open with a dry, resinous warmth that feels both meditative and subtly spicy. Violet emerges quickly, lending a powdery floral texture that softens the initial aromatic intensity. Leather and amberwood form the heart, creating a supple, slightly sweet accord that bridges the top and base notes. Smoke and patchouli anchor the dry-down, providing an earthy, slightly smoky foundation over sandalwood's creamy woodiness. The composition evolves from aromatic spice to a softened leather-amber accord with persistent powderiness. Projection remains moderate for three hours before settling close to skin, suitable for cool evenings and formal occasions where its complex character can unfold.
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.
