Salvo
Bergamot snaps open with a cool, slightly bitter citrus edge that immediately frames the scent as clean and angular.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Herbal50
- Aromatic50
- Vanilla50
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Lavender
- Star Anise
- Nutmeg
- Ambroxan
- Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot snaps open with a cool, slightly bitter citrus edge that immediately frames the scent as clean and angular. Lavender slides in within minutes, its herbal-soap facet softening the citrus while star anise and nutmeg add a faint licorice-pepper heat that keeps the heart from turning bland. As the spices quiet, ambroxan takes over, lending a mineral, almost woody glow that feels like warm skin after a shower, while a measured vanilla pod sweetness rounds the edges without dessert heft. The dry-down stays close to the body: a sheer, musky-amber wash that smells more like fresh cotton than confectionery. Projection sits at arm’s length for four-to-six hours, making it an easy everyday reach for spring office days or cool summer evenings when you want cleanliness with a subtle spicy twist.
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Scent twins
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