Bergamask
Bergamask opens with a tart, nearly medicinal brightness—bergamot stripped of sweetness, more pith than peel.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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.
- Bergamot65
- Musk50
- Lemon40
- Cedar35
- Lavender35
By the editors · 2 min readBergamask opens with a tart, nearly medicinal brightness—bergamot stripped of sweetness, more pith than peel. The citrus feels deliberate and unsoftened, a controlled acidity that doesn't rush to please. As it settles, pale florals emerge without fanfare: lavender that reads herbal rather than soapy, lily of the valley's green chill, a whisper of orange blossom that stays close to the skin.
What endures is musk and cedar in a close embrace, the wood lending structure without weight. The composition stays linear and restrained, never blooming into lushness or warmth. It's the olfactory equivalent of linen sheets in a whitewashed room—clean in an austere sense, not a commercial one.
This suits those who want presence without projection, formality without fuss. It wears like a second skin that happens to smell of bergamot rind and dry woods, intended for someone comfortable with understatement.
