R de Capucci
Petitgrain and bergamot open with a bitter-green sparkle that clary sage immediately aromatizes into a barbershop fougère accord.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody50
- Green
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Bergamot
- Clary Sage
- Jasmine
- Rose
- Tonka Bean
By the editors · 2 min readPetitgrain and bergamot open with a bitter-green sparkle that clary sage immediately aromatizes into a barbershop fougère accord. Jasmine enters next, but its indole stays muted; instead the white petals serve as a translucent bridge that lets a dry rose bloom while still carrying the citrus oils forward. The base arrives early: tonka folds sweet coumarin into oakmoss’s cool forest floor, patchouli gives earthy thickness, vetiver adds smoked-grass shadows, and a whisper of leather keeps the amber from turning plush-bottle plush. During the second hour the moss-amber axis dominates, yet the tonka continues to exhale soft almond air that prevents any chypre brittleness. Projection drifts to polite arm-length, making it office-safe in fall through spring; longevity lands solidly at seven hours before the skin-scent musk finally concedes.
Scent twins
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