Amsterdam
Saffron hits first with a distinctly metallic, slightly leathery edge before rose softens the accord into something more approachable.
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.
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Rose50
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Saffron
- Rose
- Sandalwood
- Amber
- Cedar
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readSaffron hits first with a distinctly metallic, slightly leathery edge before rose softens the accord into something more approachable. The two notes pull against each other productively — the rose stays fairly dry rather than lush.
Sandalwood, cedar, and amber form the base, adding warm creaminess and a mild resinous depth. Musk sits beneath everything, extending the sillage in a quiet way without adding sweetness.
The overall character is a compact, spiced floral resting on a smooth woody-amber bed. It reads more unisex than overtly feminine or masculine, working well in cooler months when warmth is welcome but heaviness is not.
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.
