Malbec
Malbec opens with the assertiveness of a dark aromatic — incense and cardamom at the fore, flanked by bergamot and lime that cut the heaviness without lightening the mood.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Smoky60
- Soft Spicy50
- Woody50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Incense
- Violet Leaf
- Frankincense
- Lime
- Lemon
- Cardamom
- Virginia Cedar
- Bergamot
By the editors · 2 min readMalbec opens with the assertiveness of a dark aromatic — incense and cardamom at the fore, flanked by bergamot and lime that cut the heaviness without lightening the mood. Violet leaf brings a slightly green, dewy quality that hints at the wine inspiration without literally smelling like a glass of Malbec.
The heart is uncompromising: sandalwood, cedar, and patchouli together read dense and resinous, the kind of woody depth that takes time to fully register. Oakmoss, benzoin, and amber in the base give this fragrance a classic chypre-adjacent foundation — dusty, warm, slightly sweet. A strong, evening-oriented composition from Brazil's most significant fragrance house. Better suited to cool weather than warm.
Scent twins
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