Ambre Loup
Ambre Loup opens with the impression of medieval resin—sticky, slightly acrid labdanum that feels more like a monastery candle than a modern amber composition.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Balsamic75
- Warm Spicy50
- Vanilla50
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Labdanum
- Guaiac Wood
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readAmbre Loup opens with the impression of medieval resin—sticky, slightly acrid labdanum that feels more like a monastery candle than a modern amber composition. There's none of the vanilla softness usually associated with amber fragrances. Instead, the labdanum stays dense and austere, carrying a faint medicinal edge that keeps the scent from turning sweet.
As it settles, guaiac wood and cedar provide a dry, smoky frame. The woods feel weathered rather than freshly cut, adding to the antique quality of the composition. The overall effect is serious and somber, almost ascetic—an amber for those who find conventional amber fragrances too pillowy or indulgent. This suits cold weather and solitary moments better than social occasions.
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.
