As Sawira
As Sawira opens on the tension between saffron and bergamot — a metallic-warm spice paired with a flash of citrus that quickly recedes.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Amber90
- Oud80
- Patchouli50
- Vanilla
The note pyramid
- Saffron
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Labdanum
- Clove
- Cardamom
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readAs Sawira opens on the tension between saffron and bergamot — a metallic-warm spice paired with a flash of citrus that quickly recedes. The heart is luxuriously dense: jasmine and rose provide the florals, but they're threaded through clove and cardamom, lending the composition a bazaar-like character that stays grounded rather than theatrical. Labdanum threads through both heart and base, providing continuity.
The base is the fragrance's argument: oud, myrrh, sandalwood, and amber build in successive layers, each warm and slightly smoky. Vanilla softens the sharpest edges; patchouli grounds the whole. This is a fragrance for cold evenings and long coats, built for endurance.
Scent twins
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