Fidelis
Fidelis opens with a taut, spice-heavy salvo—cardamom and cumin glinting against saffron's leathery warmth, while coffee grounds add a roasted, slightly bitter edge.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 5 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.
- Amber50
- Patchouli45
- Cardamom40
- Rose35
- Leather25
By the editors · 2 min readFidelis opens with a taut, spice-heavy salvo—cardamom and cumin glinting against saffron's leathery warmth, while coffee grounds add a roasted, slightly bitter edge. It's muscular rather than sweet, the sort of introduction that demands attention without raising its voice.
As it settles, raspberry emerges not as fruity brightness but as a jammy, wine-dark presence threaded through rose. The floral element stays subdued, more texture than bouquet, while patchouli begins its slow anchor work beneath. The spices never fully retreat; they hover, giving the composition a persistent heat.
The effect is dense and enveloping—a fragrance that reads as deliberately unfashionable in its richness. It suits cooler weather and those who appreciate perfumes that smell like actual ingredients rather than polished abstractions. There's a certain fidelity, perhaps, to older ideas of what Oriental fragrances could be: forthright, unafraid of weight, willing to let coffee and cumin share space with rose.
