Aura Maris
A juicy bergamot opens the composition, joined quickly by mandarin in the broader frame, lending a citrus brightness with a slightly sun-warmed quality.
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.
- Floral60
- Aromatic50
- Yellow Floral50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Patchouli
- Narcissus
- Amber
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readA juicy bergamot opens the composition, joined quickly by mandarin in the broader frame, lending a citrus brightness with a slightly sun-warmed quality. The first minutes feel airy rather than fizzy.
Jasmine and narcissus build the heart with a soft yellow-floral character, while patchouli slips in early and adds a quiet earthy thread. The construction reads more Mediterranean garden than full white-floral bouquet, holding restraint where many would push richness.
Amber and musk close the arc with a warm, skin-close finish. There is little marine signal despite the name; the overall feel is gentle citrus-floral on a soft amber base. Pleasant and unpretentious throughout, with a moderate projection that fades to intimate quickly.
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.
