Absolu Intense
Fig leaf opens with a green, milky-sappy quality — slightly bitter and fresh simultaneously.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- White Floral70
- Amber60
- Floral60
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Fig Leaf
- Tuberose
- Orange Blossom
- Tonka Bean
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readFig leaf opens with a green, milky-sappy quality — slightly bitter and fresh simultaneously. Tuberose and orange blossom emerge in the heart as a rich, heady white-floral pairing that contrasts sharply with the cooler fig-leaf opening.
Tonka bean, sandalwood, amber, and vanilla converge in the base to create a warm, resinous foundation. The tonka and vanilla add sweetness, sandalwood contributes a creamy warmth, and amber deepens everything into a slow, rich drydown.
Absolu Intense is a floral oriental that navigates the tension between its green, bitter opening and its warm, sweet finish. The tuberose-orange blossom heart is the composition's most expressive phase. Best in cool to cold weather where the warm base can develop fully without becoming cloying.
Scent twins
In this family
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