Argento
Grapefruit opens with a tart, slightly bitter zest that quickly picks up a resinous echo from the incense already peeking through.
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.
- Herbal60
- Citrus60
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Incense
- Sage
- Galbanum
- Nutmeg
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readGrapefruit opens with a tart, slightly bitter zest that quickly picks up a resinous echo from the incense already peeking through. The heart layers dusty nutmeg over green-galbanum snap and peppery clary sage, creating a dry, Mediterranean-herb accord that mutes the citrus without erasing it. As skin warmth rises, sandalwood and cedar smooth the herbs into a clean woody channel while vetiver threads smoke and amber swells underneath, giving the incense something to cling to. Patchouli arrives late, adding an earthy chocolate undertone that keeps the base from turning sugary. Projection stays polite—an arm’s-length aura—making it office-safe, yet the incense-wood residue survives a full workday. Best in mild spring or early-fall weather when its green-herb spine can breathe.
Scent twins
In this family
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