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.
- Amber90
- Vanilla70
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Galbanum
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Orange Blossom
- Mimosa
By the editors · 2 min readAmbra Calabria opens with a blast of green galbanum tempered by bright bergamot, a bracing introduction that quickly gives way to something warmer. The jasmine at its heart is brief and polite, more of a floral gesture than a statement, serving mainly to soften the transition from citrus to the amber-heavy base that dominates the composition.
What emerges is a straightforward amber scent—resinous, sweetened with vanilla, and grounded by clean musk. It's warmer than it is complex, with the amber taking on an almost honeyed quality as the vanilla rounds its edges. The galbanum's initial sharpness disappears entirely, leaving little trace of the green opening.
This is uncomplicated comfort wear for those who want presence without drama. It skews sweet without becoming cloying, and its relative simplicity makes it approachable for anyone new to amber fragrances or looking for something reliably warm in cooler weather.
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.
