Asad
Asad opens with an unexpected brightness—sweet pineapple sharpened by black pepper, then almost immediately tempered by a dry tobacco leaf that pulls the whole accord into shadow.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Balsamic75
- Amber70
- Tobacco65
- Leather
The note pyramid
- Pineapple
- Black Pepper
- Tobacco
- Patchouli
- Iris
- Coffee
By the editors · 2 min readAsad opens with an unexpected brightness—sweet pineapple sharpened by black pepper, then almost immediately tempered by a dry tobacco leaf that pulls the whole accord into shadow. The fruit doesn't linger as sweetness; it becomes a golden, resinous quality that binds to the spice. Within minutes, coffee and patchouli emerge, earthy and roasted, while iris lends a faintly powdered coolness that keeps the composition from turning too heavy.
The drydown is where Asad settles into its character: labdanum and benzoin create a leathery, balsamic warmth, with vanilla and amber rounding the edges without dominating. The tobacco persists quietly underneath. It's darker and more grounded than many sweet orientals, less gourmand than the notes suggest.
This works best in cooler weather and low light—a fragrance for evening wear that doesn't announce itself from across the room but holds close to the skin with resinous tenacity.
Scent twins
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