Axum
Incense and frankincense create an immediate smoky resinous opening with spiritual quality.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Smoky80
- Warm Spicy60
- Soft Spicy50
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Incense
- Cumin
- Frankincense
- Clove
- Patchouli
- White Musk
By the editors · 2 min readIncense and frankincense create an immediate smoky resinous opening with spiritual quality. Cumin and clove add warm spicy accents that feel both aromatic and slightly animalic. Patchouli contributes an earthy heart that deepens the composition's dark character. White musk and ambergris provide a clean musky base that softens the intensity. Vanilla adds a subtle sweetness that rounds out the rough edges of the spices. The scent maintains strong projection for hours before settling into a skin-hugging trail. Best reserved for cool weather evenings and formal occasions where its bold character can shine.
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.
