Tango
**Tango** opens with an immediate citrus brightness—bergamot and mandarin cutting through a warm, spiced haze of saffron.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 17 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.
- Floral55
- Aromatic50
- Woody50
- Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min read**Tango** opens with an immediate citrus brightness—bergamot and mandarin cutting through a warm, spiced haze of saffron. Within minutes, the brightness recedes and reveals a densely textured heart of ylang-ylang and jasmine, heady but tempered by the dry smokiness of birch tar. This is not a clean floral; there's something faintly animalic underneath, a skin-warmth that keeps the flowers grounded.
As it settles, the base becomes resinous and slightly leathery, with labdanum and tonka creating a sweetness that feels earned rather than decorative. The ylang persists surprisingly long, shadowed by a vetiver that adds an earthy, almost green dryness.
**Tango** feels deliberate and close to the skin, a perfume of restraint and tension. It suits someone comfortable with complexity—willing to let a fragrance shift and darken over hours rather than announce itself immediately. Intimate rather than projecting, better for cool evenings than bright mornings.
Scent twins
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