Aqua Universalis Forte
Aqua Universalis Forte opens with a burst of sharp bergamot that feels almost citric-white, like sunlight through steam.
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.
- Citrus85
- Musky75
- Floral60
- Rose
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Rose
- Musk
- Lily of the Valley
- Lemon
- Bergamot
By the editors · 2 min readAqua Universalis Forte opens with a burst of sharp bergamot that feels almost citric-white, like sunlight through steam. The clarity is immediate but never thin—there's weight behind the brightness, a creamy density that signals this isn't quite the transparent cologne its name might suggest.
As it settles, jasmine and rose emerge without the usual floral theater. They're blended into something softer and more abstract, less about individual petals than a general floral warmth. The musk underneath is clean but substantial, giving the composition a skin-like persistence that hovers close without fading quickly.
The effect is crisp linen with body heat, or soap that costs more than it probably should. It reads as polished and deliberate—something for people who want to smell intentionally fresh without appearing to try. The "forte" delivers on concentration, making this more tenacious than fleeting, though it never turns loud.
Scent twins
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