Oud de Nil
Grapefruit and bergamot open the composition with a tart, slightly bitter citrus snap.
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.
- Oud70
- Woody60
- Smoky60
- White Floral
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Orange Blossom
- Rose
- Oud
By the editors · 2 min readGrapefruit and bergamot open the composition with a tart, slightly bitter citrus snap. The brightness is short-lived; within ten minutes the heart begins exposing its true direction.
Jasmine, orange blossom and rose form a layered floral middle, the orange blossom particularly indolic against the dry citrus residue. The bouquet feels Mediterranean rather than tropical.
The base is what defines the perfume. Oud arrives smoky and medicinal, papyrus contributes a dry papery texture, guaiac wood adds creamy smoke, and amber smooths the edges. Overall the character is a citrus-floral framed by quiet smoky woods, more atmospheric than statement-making. Projection is moderate; the late drydown is a long warm smoke-and-amber whisper close to skin.
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.
