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Bergamot and clary sage open with a distinctive aromatic-citrus combination — clary sage is herbal and slightly anise-adjacent, tempering the brightness of bergamot with a more complex, earthy quality.
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.
- Herbal60
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Clary Sage
- Ginger
- Violet Leaf
- Cardamom
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot and clary sage open with a distinctive aromatic-citrus combination — clary sage is herbal and slightly anise-adjacent, tempering the brightness of bergamot with a more complex, earthy quality. The opening is fresh without being generic, the sage adding genuine character to what could otherwise read as a standard citrus entry.
Vetiver brings a dry, smoky earthiness to the base, while suede adds a soft, powdery warmth that contrasts with vetiver's rougher texture. The clary sage-suede-vetiver arc gives this a purposeful masculine structure, moving from herbal-citrus to smooth, earthy-suede. A thoughtful, coherent construction that works across casual and work contexts.
Scent twins
In this family
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