London
Grapefruit and galbanum open tart and green-bitter, an unusual pairing that creates instant tension — galbanum's resinous greenness sharpening the citrus rather than smoothing it.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Balsamic60
- Herbal50
- Aromatic50
- Cinnamon
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Galbanum
- Cinnamon
- Saffron
- Opoponax
- Anise
By the editors · 2 min readGrapefruit and galbanum open tart and green-bitter, an unusual pairing that creates instant tension — galbanum's resinous greenness sharpening the citrus rather than smoothing it. Mandarin lurks faintly.
Cinnamon arrives quickly in the heart, joined by saffron's leathery warmth and anise's licorice edge. Opoponax adds a balsamic resin depth that thickens the spice. The composition turns warm-spicy and slightly herbal at the centre. Tonka and Virginia cedar in the base sweeten and dry the close.
Overall: a green-spicy oriental with cinnamon at the centre and resinous depth in the base, cooler-weather and evening territory. Moderate projection. The dry-down is a warm tonka-cedar-spice that persists as a comfortable amber-spice trail for hours.
Scent twins
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