En Prise
Ginger snaps open with a hot-citrus spark that ignites the oily bitterness of grapefruit and the waxy brightness of bergamot, creating a peppery-citrus flash that feels almost electric.
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.
- Mossy80
- Fresh Spicy60
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Ginger
- Saffron
- Orange
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Moss
- Oakmoss
By the editors · 2 min readGinger snaps open with a hot-citrus spark that ignites the oily bitterness of grapefruit and the waxy brightness of bergamot, creating a peppery-citrus flash that feels almost electric. Saffron threads run through the heart, lending a dry-leather tint that mutes the fruit and pulls the scent toward a warm, papery dryness rather than sweetness. Vetiver adds a cool, rooty smoke that bridges the spicy top to the base, while twin mosses—tree and oak—lay down a damp, forest-floor carpet that smells of crushed leaves and wet bark. Cedar arrives late, shaving the mossy thickness into clean, splintered wood, so the dry-down stays green-woody instead of earthy. Projection hovers at arm’s length for six hours, making it a crisp, moss-accented option for cool spring mornings or shaded summer offices.
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.
