Hibiscus Mahajád
Cinnamon arrives first and dominantly, dry and bark-like rather than the sweet bakery version, immediately joined by rose that softens the spice without taming it.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 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.
- Cinnamon90
- Warm Spicy70
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Cinnamon
- Leather
- Benzoin
- Vanilla
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readCinnamon arrives first and dominantly, dry and bark-like rather than the sweet bakery version, immediately joined by rose that softens the spice without taming it. The pairing reads warm and slightly oriental from the start.
Leather and benzoin form the body, the leather smoky and slightly animalic, the benzoin lending a balsamic, almost honeyed sweetness that wraps the spice in resinous warmth. Vanilla in the base keeps things plush rather than austere.
The overall character is rich, dusky, and slightly exotic, evoking spiced rose-petal jam smeared across worn leather. It's a cold-weather composition built for evenings, dinners, and occasions where presence matters more than restraint.
Scent twins
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