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.
- Aromatic60
- Warm Spicy50
- Balsamic50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Pink Pepper
- Bergamot
- Sandalwood
- Lavender
- Nutmeg
By the editors · 2 min readBlack and pink pepper deliver an immediate spicy and slightly fruity sharpness, complemented by bergamot’s citrus brightness. Lavender and nutmeg form the heart, adding an aromatic and warm-spicy dimension that softens the initial pepperiness. Sandalwood provides a creamy woody base that blends smoothly with the heart notes. Amber and cashmeran deepen the dry-down with a soft, musky warmth, while patchouli contributes an earthy undertone. The scent evolves from spicy-citrus to a warm, woody-aromatic blend with moderate projection. It wears best in cool weather for casual or evening occasions, lasting a solid six hours with a comforting sillage.
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.