Cuir
Bergamot snaps open with a brisk citrus edge that quickly folds into a supple of birch-tar leather, the note carrying a dry, almost papery grain that scuffs the lily’s cool waxiness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Balsamic50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Leather
- Lily
- Moss
- Sandalwood
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot snaps open with a brisk citrus edge that quickly folds into a supple of birch-tar leather, the note carrying a dry, almost papery grain that scuffs the lily’s cool waxiness. Lily’s green-tinged petals soften the leather, pulling it away from motorcycle territory toward a freshly unboxed suede glove. In the base, moss and sandalwood build a forest-floor cushion, amber adding quiet resinous heat while musk drags the skin impression back to something faintly salty and lived-in. Over four hours, the leather relaxes, letting the mossy woods dominate, yet a ghost of lily keeps the composition clean rather than rugged. Projection stays within handshake distance; it reads as smart-casual, perfect for cool autumn days at the office or a weekend market stroll.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
