Arroz Con Leche
Cumin and saffron announce themselves immediately — medicinal and animalic, slightly unsettling.
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.
- Amber80
- Caramel80
- Tuberose70
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Cumin
- Saffron
- Sandalwood
- Tuberose
- Ylang-Ylang
- Clove
- Iris
By the editors · 2 min readCumin and saffron announce themselves immediately — medicinal and animalic, slightly unsettling. This isn't a soft opening. Tuberose and ylang-ylang emerge underneath, creamy and dense, while clove edges in with a quiet heat. Iris and heliotrope soften the heart just enough to keep it from tipping into overripe territory.
The base reveals caramel and patchouli anchoring a resinous amber, with musk rounding the edges. The effect is something between a spiced rice pudding and an animalic oriental — rich, slightly damp, deeply warm.
Complex and polarising, this is a fragrance for cold evenings and considered wear. Not discreet, not simple — it earns its arroz con leche name through real gourmand density.
Scent twins
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