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Rum opens with a sweet, boozy warmth immediately softened by aromatic cardamom's piquant spice.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Rum60
- Soft Spicy50
- Amber50
- Smoky
The note pyramid
- Rum
- Cardamom
- Leather
- Jasmine
- Vanilla
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readRum opens with a sweet, boozy warmth immediately softened by aromatic cardamom's piquant spice. Leather emerges in the heart, its smooth and slightly animalic texture wrapping around a clean jasmine floralcy. Vanilla and musk form the dry-down, providing a creamy, skin-close foundation that tempers the earlier intensity. The composition evolves from a diffusive, spicy opening to a more intimate and softly sweet leather-musk veil. Projection starts moderately strong but settles close to the skin after the first hour, offering good longevity for evening wear. Best suited for cool weather and formal or date occasions where its warm, enveloping character can be appreciated.
Scent twins
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