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The opening bergamot is crisp and fleeting, almost antiseptic in its clarity—an immediate, no-nonsense citrus that clears the air before the heart emerges.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 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.
- Bergamot70
- Cedar65
- Vetiver55
- Patchouli40
- Iris Powder35
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening bergamot is crisp and fleeting, almost antiseptic in its clarity—an immediate, no-nonsense citrus that clears the air before the heart emerges. Galbanum arrives with its characteristic green bitterness, tempered by violet's soft powder and a whisper of nutmeg warmth. The composition stays composed, linear in the best sense, never lurching between phases.
What settles is a quietly masculine woody base: vetiver's earthy sharpness, patchouli stripped of sweetness, and Virginia cedar lending a pencil-shaving dryness. The overall effect is corporate-polished, the olfactory equivalent of brushed steel and leather interiors. It doesn't reach for complexity or provocation—just clean, competent wearability for contexts that demand restraint. A boardroom fragrance that knows exactly what it is.
