Sikkim
Gardenia opens Sikkim with a lush, white-floral creaminess that galbanum's cool, green sharpness immediately counterbalances — this tension between tropical and austere defines the opening and gives it more edge than a pure floral allows.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- Cinnamon60
- Patchouli55
- Rose50
- Iris
The note pyramid
- Gardenia
- Galbanum
- Bergamot
- Cinnamon
- Jasmine
- Ylang-Ylang
- Iris
By the editors · 2 min readGardenia opens Sikkim with a lush, white-floral creaminess that galbanum's cool, green sharpness immediately counterbalances — this tension between tropical and austere defines the opening and gives it more edge than a pure floral allows. Bergamot lifts both notes into something approachable.
The heart is extravagant in the way 1970s parfumerie allowed itself to be: cinnamon, jasmine, ylang-ylang, iris, narcissus, and rose together — a full floral-spice accord of considerable depth. Cinnamon warms the florals without dominating; narcissus adds a slightly green-medicinal quality rare in contemporary work; iris provides a powdery anchor.
The base is a complete chypre structure: oakmoss, vetiver, and patchouli form the earthy foundation; coconut adds an unexpected creamy sweetness; leather and amber provide warmth and depth. Sikkim is the kind of fragrance that explains why the vintage era commands reverence.
Scent twins
In this family
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