Dark Saffron Nights
Saffron, cardamom, and nutmeg open with a warm-spicy intensity that feels both aromatic and slightly medicinal.
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.
- Soft Spicy50
- Warm Spicy50
- Rose50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Saffron
- Cardamom
- Nutmeg
- Guaiac Wood
- Amber
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readSaffron, cardamom, and nutmeg open with a warm-spicy intensity that feels both aromatic and slightly medicinal. Guaiac wood and amber form a resinous heart that adds depth with smoky woodiness and sweet warmth, while rose provides a faint floral counterpoint. Leather and oud dominate the dry-down, offering a rugged, animalic character amplified by castoreum’s musky undertones. The scent evolves significantly, moving from spicy brightness to a dark, smoky leather base that persists with strong projection. Longevity extends beyond twelve hours, with sillage remaining potent for the first four hours. Ideal for fall or winter evenings and formal occasions, where its bold, complex nature makes a statement.
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.
