Sandstorm
Bergamot opens with a bright, slightly bitter citrus snap that quickly folds into jasmine's indolic creaminess.
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.
- Warm Spicy50
- White Floral50
- Woody50
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Amber
- Osmanthus
- Sandalwood
- Birch
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot opens with a bright, slightly bitter citrus snap that quickly folds into jasmine's indolic creaminess. In the heart, osmanthus lends a leathery apricot nuance that rides over a warm amber cushion, turning the composition honey-golden and softly smoky. Birch tar arrives early in the base, stitching its dry, tarry leather to sandalwood's creamy wood, while olibanum adds a cool, incense haze that keeps the amber from turning syrupy. Patchouli contributes an earthy, cocoa-like crumb that lingers with musk, forming a dusty, skin-close trail. Projection stays polite, reaching arm's length for the first three hours before collapsing to a suede whisper that lasts through a workday. Cool fall evenings and smart-casual offices fit best, where the birch leather can read sharp without overwhelming.
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.
