Amaranthine
Amaranthine opens with a bright snap of freesia tempered by cardamom's resinous warmth, bypassing the usual citrus fanfare for something more deliberate.
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.
- Sandalwood75
- Tonka75
- Jasmine65
- Vanilla60
- Rose55
By the editors · 2 min readAmaranthine opens with a bright snap of freesia tempered by cardamom's resinous warmth, bypassing the usual citrus fanfare for something more deliberate. The florals arrive quickly—ylang-ylang and jasmine in full bloom, dense and almost honeyed, with clove threading through like incense smoke. There's an orange blossom sweetness that never quite announces itself but hovers at the edges, softening what could otherwise feel too opulent.
The drydown pulls everything into a creamy sandalwood-tonka embrace, vanilla rounding the sharper spice without tipping into dessert. What persists is a pillowy, slightly nostalgic warmth—vintage in spirit but not in execution. It suits someone who wants presence without volume, a floral oriental that doesn't demand constant attention but lingers close to the skin with quiet insistence.
