Sintra
Sintra opens with the bright, green bitterness of petitgrain and neroli—a citrus that feels more leafy than juicy, like walking through a grove still wet with morning dew.
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.
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- White Floral50
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Neroli
- Bergamot
- Cinnamon
- Jasmine
- Orange Blossom
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readSintra opens with the bright, green bitterness of petitgrain and neroli—a citrus that feels more leafy than juicy, like walking through a grove still wet with morning dew. Bergamot adds a flash of sunlight before the fragrance quickly warms into something richer and more inviting.
The heart reveals a spiced floral arrangement where cinnamon threads through jasmine and orange blossom without overwhelming them. Rose adds a soft, almost powdery depth. As it settles, Madagascar vanilla and caramel create a creamy sweetness that stays closer to pastry than perfume counter, grounded by cedar and a whisper of clean musk.
This is a fragrance that moves from garden to kitchen, bright to warm, without ever feeling heavy. It suits those who want gourmand comfort without the cloying intensity—something wearable for everyday that still feels like an indulgence.
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.
