Sex
Sex opens with a dense, almost aggressive cluster: jasmine cut through with iris powder and the bitter edge of coffee, lifted slightly by clary sage's herbal coolness.
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.
- Tobacco80
- Vanilla70
- Oud70
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Jasmine
- Heliotrope
- Iris
- Clary Sage
- Coffee
- Tonka Bean
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readSex opens with a dense, almost aggressive cluster: jasmine cut through with iris powder and the bitter edge of coffee, lifted slightly by clary sage's herbal coolness. Heliotrope adds a soft almond haze that keeps the opening from feeling too sharp.
The heart thickens as tonka bean and vanilla settle over patchouli and sandalwood, building a warm, resinous mid-section. The sweetness here is deliberate rather than cloying — earthy patchouli keeps it grounded.
Benzoin and tobacco anchor the dry-down with smoky balsamic weight, while oud and vetiver push it further into dark, resinous territory. The result is a heavy, unapologetically bold fragrance suited for cold evenings.
Scent twins
In this family
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