Saffron | Amber | Cardamom
Cinnamon and cardamom arrive first alongside bergamot, creating a warm, spiced opening with just enough citrus brightness to keep it from feeling heavy immediately.
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.
- Amber90
- Warm Spicy80
- Oud80
- Cinnamon
The note pyramid
- Cinnamon
- Cardamom
- Bergamot
- Sandalwood
- Saffron
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readCinnamon and cardamom arrive first alongside bergamot, creating a warm, spiced opening with just enough citrus brightness to keep it from feeling heavy immediately. The spice is direct and confident.
Saffron enters in the heart alongside sandalwood and cedar, pushing the composition toward a dry, resinous warmth. The saffron here is earthy and slightly metallic rather than sweet, giving the mid-stage real depth and texture.
Oud, amber, and vanilla settle into the base. The oud is grounding and adds a woody smokiness, while vanilla softens the edges without overwhelming. This is a spiced oriental built for cold weather — it projects well and rewards patience as the base develops over several hours.
Scent twins
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