Absolu
A fig leaf introduction sets an unusual tone—green and milky, with a faint latex bite that feels more like torn stems than fruit.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Soft Spicy50
- Warm Spicy50
- White Floral50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Fig Leaf
- Lily
- Orange Blossom
- Rose
- Labdanum
- Benzoin
By the editors · 2 min readA fig leaf introduction sets an unusual tone—green and milky, with a faint latex bite that feels more like torn stems than fruit. It's a brief opening that quickly yields to white florals, where lily and orange blossom share equal weight. The rose here isn't prominent so much as structural, holding the composition together without demanding attention.
As it settles, labdanum and benzoin create a resinous warmth that's more amber-adjacent than truly ambery—soft and slightly powdery, with cedar adding just enough wood to keep it from floating away entirely. The progression from fig milk to balmy florals to quiet resins happens smoothly, without dramatic shifts.
This is a perfume for someone comfortable with restrained sensuality. It doesn't announce itself from across a room but wears close and personal, more intimate dinner than grand entrance. The fig leaf makes it memorable in a category full of straightforward white florals.
Scent twins
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