Sterling Fulton & Roark
Bergamot opens cleanly, quickly making way for the core accord.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Amber60
- Tobacco50
- Sweet50
- Vanilla
The note pyramid
- White Musk
- Bergamot
- Musk
- Amber
- Tobacco
- Leather
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot opens cleanly, quickly making way for the core accord. Tobacco and leather are present early, anchoring the composition in dark, dry territory.
The heart has little floral presence — this is essentially a leather-amber composition from the outset. Saffron contributes warmth and a slight metallic depth, giving the tobacco-leather combination added richness without sweetening it.
Vanilla and amber soften the base into something smoother, but the leather remains the dominant character throughout. White musk and musk provide a clean finish. This is a direct, uncompromising dark leather-oriental — sparse in structure but confident in execution.
Scent twins
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