La Gitane
Citrus and spice open with a bright, aromatic burst where cardamom and saffron add warmth against lemon and bergamot.
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.
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody50
- Vanilla
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Saffron
- Lemon
- Cardamom
- Bergamot
- Nutmeg
- Jasmine
By the editors · 2 min readCitrus and spice open with a bright, aromatic burst where cardamom and saffron add warmth against lemon and bergamot. A complex floral heart emerges, with jasmine, rose, and powdery iris creating a rich, slightly animalic bouquet. Leather and castoreum anchor the base with a rugged, smoky depth that contrasts with the brighter top notes. Oakmoss and seaweed lend an earthy, almost marine-like salinity that adds unexpected texture. Myrrh and benzoin provide a balsamic sweetness that smooths the dry-down. Sillage is strong initially, settling into a lasting, complex trail suited for evening wear. This evolving scent works best in cool weather for special occasions.
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.
