Oriental Express
A spare, direct opening: basil lands with clean, slightly anise-edged sharpness against a bergamot lift that keeps things bright without going citrus-heavy.
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.
- Herbal50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Basil
- Sandalwood
- Vanilla
- Sandalwood
- Vanilla
- Bergamot
By the editors · 2 min readA spare, direct opening: basil lands with clean, slightly anise-edged sharpness against a bergamot lift that keeps things bright without going citrus-heavy. There's an herbal clarity here that reads almost medicinal before warmth steps in.
The heart softens quickly as sandalwood builds a creamy, smooth base beneath vanilla. Neither note dominates aggressively — the sandalwood stays dry and the vanilla resists turning gourmand, keeping the overall register clean rather than sweet.
The finish settles close to skin, a warm woody murmur with faint herbal echoes. Simple construction, short evolution. Best worn when something understated and skin-friendly is the goal.
Scent twins
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