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.
- Woody70
- Aromatic50
- Amber50
- Powdery
The note pyramid
- Ginger
- Bergamot
- Nutmeg
- Sandalwood
- Violet Leaf
- Lavender
By the editors · 2 min readAn oriental-woody masculine with good compositional depth. Bergamot and ginger open fresh and spiced; nutmeg adds density without sweetness. The heart places sandalwood unusually high in the structure — it develops as a creamy, smooth core rather than a base note, supported by violet leaf's sharp green facet and lavender's aromatic softness. A whiskey facet emerges from the sandalwood-spice interaction as the composition warms.
The base is full and lingering: vetiver provides the earthy spine, patchouli darkens the woods slightly, cedar extends the woody frame, amber and musk round everything into a warm, lasting finish. This reads as a sophisticated evening masculine — best worn in cool weather when the spiced warmth earns its presence.
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.
