Absolutio
Cinnamon and almond arrive first, sharp and warm, with saffron adding a metallic edge that keeps the opening from reading as purely sweet.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Chocolate90
- Soft Spicy50
- Almond50
- Cinnamon
The note pyramid
- Cinnamon
- Almond
- Saffron
- Apple
- Oakmoss
- Ambergris
By the editors · 2 min readCinnamon and almond arrive first, sharp and warm, with saffron adding a metallic edge that keeps the opening from reading as purely sweet. Apple surfaces briefly in the heart, lending a cool, slightly tart counterpoint before the base takes over.
Chocolate and caramel dominate the dry-down, dense and confectionary, anchored by oakmoss that prevents full collapse into dessert territory. Ambergris contributes a faint saline warmth underneath, while musk keeps the whole composition from becoming too heavy.
The overall impression is of a rich, gourmand-leaning oriental that leans darker than its sweet notes suggest. Best suited to cool evenings when its depth can breathe without turning cloying.
Scent twins
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