Royal Rose
Royal Rose opens on heliotrope — that particular powdery-almond softness that sits between floral and confection.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Leather60
- Almond50
- Warm Spicy50
- Rose
The note pyramid
- Heliotrope
- Frankincense
- Suede
- Sandalwood
- Amber
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readRoyal Rose opens on heliotrope — that particular powdery-almond softness that sits between floral and confection. Frankincense enters early in the development, adding a dry, slightly smoky resin that lifts the composition away from pure sweetness.
Suede is the most distinctive element: it gives the heart a matte, slightly leathery softness without the rawness of real leather. Sandalwood and amber in the base warm everything into a smooth, skin-close finish.
The tension between the powdery heliotrope, smoky frankincense, and buttery suede gives this more character than the opening suggests. It reads as a refined, low-projection fragrance best suited to cooler evenings or formal settings.
Scent twins
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