Acqua di Giò Profumo
The opening is a swift hit of bergamot that feels more mineral than citrus, like sun-warmed stone rather than fruit.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- Incense80
- Rosemary80
- Bergamot70
- Patchouli70
- Ozonic20
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is a swift hit of bergamot that feels more mineral than citrus, like sun-warmed stone rather than fruit. It quickly folds into a dry, aromatic heart where sage and rosemary pulse with a slightly medicinal clarity. There's something almost austere about it, the herbal bite kept lean and deliberate rather than lush.
As it settles, incense smoke threads through with patchouli underneath, grounding the composition in something darker and more resinous. The aromatics never quite disappear; they hover just above the base, creating a tension between clean and shadowed. It's a studied evolution of the original Acqua di Giò DNA—less about marine brightness, more about coastal cliffs and scrubland after rain.
This works for someone who wants the familiarity of that lineage but stripped of sweetness, angled toward evening wear or cooler weather.
