Café del Mar
Apple and seaweed create an unusual fruity-marine opening that is both sweet and saline.
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.
- Marine50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Aquatic
The note pyramid
- Apple
- Seaweed
- Coffee
- Orris
- Lavender
- Lily
- Freesia
By the editors · 2 min readApple and seaweed create an unusual fruity-marine opening that is both sweet and saline. Coffee adds a dark roasted nuance that contrasts with the bright apple and oceanic seaweed. Lavender and freesia provide aromatic floral notes while orris adds a powdery texture to the heart. Ambergris contributes a warm animalic base that blends with vanilla's sweet creaminess. The composition balances aquatic, fruity, and gourmand elements in a complex structure. Evolution is significant as marine notes recede and sweet ambery notes dominate. Moderate projection and longevity make it suitable for warm weather and casual outdoor occasions.
Scent twins
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