Secret Melange
Clove snaps open with medicinal heat, its e needles pressed against bright orange and lemon zest that briefly sweeten the spice.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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 Spicy70
- Aromatic60
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Clove
- Orange
- Lemon
- Lavender
- Jasmine
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readClove snaps open with medicinal heat, its e needles pressed against bright orange and lemon zest that briefly sweeten the spice. Lavender steps in quickly, drying the citrus oils and pulling the composition toward a clean barbershop core where jasmine adds soapiness and rose lends a soft pink rounding. Star anise weaves through the heart, reinforcing the clove’s licorice edge while patchouli drags the bouquet over earthy, slightly camphoraceous woods. As the top effervesces, sandalwood and musk settle into a cool creaminess that muffles the earlier spices, leaving a muted woody skin whisper dusted with dry lavender. Projection stays within arm’s length for six hours, perfect for crisp fall workdays or an unhurried bookstore afternoon.
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.
