Cardin
Clove and bergamot open with a sharp, spiced citrus pairing — the bergamot lifts while the clove anchors, giving the first impression both edge and warmth.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Yellow Floral80
- Fresh50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Clove
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Ylang-Ylang
- Virginia Cedar
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readClove and bergamot open with a sharp, spiced citrus pairing — the bergamot lifts while the clove anchors, giving the first impression both edge and warmth. The two notes create immediate presence without demanding attention.
The heart layers jasmine, ylang-ylang, and rose over Virginia cedar. The florals are full and slightly heady, with ylang-ylang adding a richer, almost waxy quality that complements the cedar's dry structure. This is a floral-spice combination with mid-century character.
Amber, sandalwood, vetiver, and musk carry the dry-down into warm, resinous territory. The base reads balsamic and smooth, with the amber rounding the spice that started the journey.
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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.
