Legacy of Petra
Legacy of Petra opens with a bright fennel-bergamot shimmer that feels surprisingly clean, almost herbal rather than citrus-forward.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 3 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.
- Amber80
- Vanilla45
- Honey20
The note pyramid
- Fennel
- Bergamot
- Rosemary
- Myrrh
- Olibanum
- Myrrh
By the editors · 2 min readLegacy of Petra opens with a bright fennel-bergamot shimmer that feels surprisingly clean, almost herbal rather than citrus-forward. The fennel carries a faint licorice coolness that keeps the opening from skewing too sweet or conventional.
As it settles, rosemary weaves through myrrh and olibanum, creating something between a resinous incense and a Mediterranean herb garden after rain. The frankincense anchors it in ceremonial territory without tipping into church solemnity—there's warmth here, not just reverence.
The base rounds out softer than expected. Benzoin and vanilla smooth the resins into something gently balsamic, almost honeyed, but the herbal skeleton from earlier still shows through. This feels built for someone drawn to woody orientals but wary of excessive sweetness or powder. It conjures stone terraces at dusk more than ancient ritual, though both readings hold.
Scent twins
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