Kl
KL arrives in the grand oriental-floral tradition of early 1980s perfumery — loud, warm, and unapologetically layered.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 16 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.
- Vanilla70
- Amber70
- Cinnamon60
- Rose
The note pyramid
- Orange
- Orange
- Bergamot
- Bergamot
- Cinnamon
- Cinnamon
- Jasmine
By the editors · 2 min readKL arrives in the grand oriental-floral tradition of early 1980s perfumery — loud, warm, and unapologetically layered. The citrus top is brief: orange and bergamot serve as a formality before the spice and florals take control. Cinnamon warms the heart alongside jasmine and ylang-ylang, with rose providing classical structure beneath.
The base is where KL fully commits. Civet contributes an animalic undertone — now softened from its original intensity by reformulation, but still present enough to retain character. Myrrh, benzoin, and styrax stack dense balsamic resin, while amber and vanilla push the sweetness upward. Patchouli grounds everything without dominating.
This is an artifact of a different era — dense, intentional, constructed for evening wear. Those who prefer restraint will find it overwhelming. Those who enjoy vintage oriental depth will find it entirely satisfying on its own terms.
Scent twins
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