Saffron Flower
Saffron and grapefruit open in an unusual combination — the metallic warmth of saffron against the bitter, citrus tartness of grapefruit.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody50
- Animalic
The note pyramid
- Saffron
- Grapefruit
- Leather
- Violet
- Vetiver
- Raspberry
By the editors · 2 min readSaffron and grapefruit open in an unusual combination — the metallic warmth of saffron against the bitter, citrus tartness of grapefruit. Leather and violet meet in the heart, creating a sharp contrast: leather dark and dry, violet cool and powdery. Vetiver and raspberry close the fragrance — vetiver with its characteristic earthy dryness, raspberry adding a tart fruitiness that provides a slight sweetness without going fully gourmand. This is a deliberately unexpected composition that pairs materials rarely seen together. Its unconventional character will appeal to those who want something genuinely distinctive.
Scent twins
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