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Pear and saffron create an unusual fruity-spicy opening that feels both juicy and slightly metallic.
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.
- Musky80
- Rose50
- Woody50
- Lactonic
The note pyramid
- Pear
- Bulgarian Rose
- Saffron
- Musk
- Magnolia
- Guaiac Wood
- Ylang-Ylang
By the editors · 2 min readPear and saffron create an unusual fruity-spicy opening that feels both juicy and slightly metallic. Bulgarian rose and magnolia form a lush floral heart, complemented by ylang-ylang's tropical creaminess and violet's powdery touch. Guaiac wood and sandalwood provide a dry, smoky woody base that grounds the florals, while ambergris adds a salty skin-accord. Musk threads throughout, giving a clean, persistent warmth that binds the complex layers together. Sillage is substantial initially, filling a room before settling to a personal bubble after three hours. Longevity exceeds eight hours, making it suitable for evening or special occasions in warmer seasons.
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.
