Assenzio
Assenzio — the Italian word for absinthe — opens on a familiar accord: orange and lemon, citrus that's clean and grounding.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 5 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.
- Lavender75
- Patchouli50
- Amber30
- Cinnamon
The note pyramid
- Orange
- Lemon
- Lavender
- Cardamom
- Benzoin
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readAssenzio — the Italian word for absinthe — opens on a familiar accord: orange and lemon, citrus that's clean and grounding. The aromatic pivot comes quickly as lavender and cardamom take over the heart. The cardamom has a dry, slightly medicinal edge that nods to the wormwood theme without requiring literal bitterness; lavender plays the calming counterpoint.
The base is where Assenzio earns its name most fully: benzoin, cedar, and patchouli over clove create a warm, resinous, herb-spice character with genuine depth. The clove note is restrained — present enough to add sharp warmth without reading as holiday spice. A considered aromatic oriental for cool evenings.
Scent twins
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