English Breakfast
Ginger snaps against bergamot in the first breath, a bright-citrus spark sharpened by galbanum’s bitter green edge.
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.
- White Floral60
- Herbal50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Ginger
- Orange
- Galbanum
- Bergamot
- Gardenia
- Jasmine
By the editors · 2 min readGinger snaps against bergamot in the first breath, a bright-citrus spark sharpened by galbanum’s bitter green edge. Gardenia steps in early, its creamy petals coating the ginger heat while jasmine adds a clean white floral lift that keeps the heart airy rather than lush. Vetiver threads through the transition, carrying earthy smoke that dries the florals and prepares the ground for benzoin’s soft resinous glaze. Patchouli and cedar in the base lock the composition into a dry woody hum, the benzoin leaving a faint powdered sweetness that lingers on skin and cloth. Projection stays within arm’s length, making it a polite daytime option for spring through early fall when you want spice without weight.
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.
