Nisean
Pink pepper, lime, and grapefruit open Nisean with a crisp, spiced citrus — the lime and grapefruit are bright without being sharp, and the pepper adds just enough heat to signal that something more substantial is coming.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Incense55
- Amber50
- Sandalwood45
- Labdanum45
- Cedar35
By the editors · 2 min readPink pepper, lime, and grapefruit open Nisean with a crisp, spiced citrus — the lime and grapefruit are bright without being sharp, and the pepper adds just enough heat to signal that something more substantial is coming.
The heart is where Nisean earns its complexity: sandalwood, frankincense, labdanum, saffron, and rose together form a layered accord that rewards slow attention. The frankincense and labdanum provide cool, resinous depth; saffron adds warm metallic spice; rose softens everything into a floral-oriental character that PdM consistently handles with skill.
Amber, cedar, and patchouli form a well-proportioned base — warm, earthy, structured. The amber is rich without being syrupy; cedar adds dryness; patchouli provides a low earthy note. Nisean finishes long and full, as expected from the house.
