Gold Elixir 2022
Saffron and black pepper crackle open the scent, their dry heat lifting the tart snap of black-currant bud into an almost metallic sparkle.
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.
- Mossy80
- Floral60
- Soft Spicy50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Saffron
- Black Currant
- Jasmine
- Rose
- Moss
By the editors · 2 min readSaffron and black pepper crackle open the scent, their dry heat lifting the tart snap of black-currant bud into an almost metallic sparkle. Jasmine soon folds its buttery petals around the spice, while rose adds a cool, tea-like clarity that keeps the heart airy rather than lush. Underneath, oakmoss-style moss and patchouli lend a muted forest-floor darkness, letting vanilla bloom slowly into a creamy, softly sweet resin that never cloys. The musk stays quiet, extending wear rather than projecting, so the fragrance hovers close like a cashmere wrap that occasionally releases a puff of peppery-currant air. Two hours in, the mossy patchouli accord dominates, yet a ghost of saffron’s leathered warmth keeps the skin interesting through the workday. Moderate sillage suits office or cool-weather casual wear from early fall through early spring.
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.
