The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Musky75
- Green70
- Citrus65
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Orange
- Bergamot
- Nutmeg
- Fig
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readThe tea element announces itself immediately—not the literal green sharpness of matcha, but the roasted, slightly mineral warmth of an oolong infusion. Bergamot and orange provide brightness without sweetness, more pith than juice, while nutmeg adds a dry spice that feels more meditative than gourmand. The fig appears gradually, lending a woody-milky quality rather than fruit.
This wears close and surprisingly austere for something built around tea and fig. The musk keeps everything sheer, almost transparent, like steam rising from a cup. There's an intellectual cleanliness to the composition—nothing indulgent or easy.
Best suited to those who want fragrance as ambient presence rather than statement, or anyone tired of literal tea scents. It suggests minimalist interiors, linen shirts, the particular quiet of late morning.
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.
Where readers placed it
Niche on a starter budget
Small houses with a point of view, at prices that won't require a three-month wait. Think of this as the shortlist you text a friend before they spend four figures on something they've never smelled — independent labels, genuinely strange ideas, and a few open secrets.
