The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 16 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.
- Fresh50
- Aromatic50
- White Floral50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Lime
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
- Galbanum
- Apple
- Jasmine
- Pink Pepper
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening erupts with a sharp, verdant brightness—lime and galbanum cut through the citrus in a way that feels more green than sunny, almost grassy. This isn't the polite freshness of a morning cologne; it's assertive, botanical, and slightly bitter. Within minutes, the heart pulls in contradictory directions: crisp apple and rosy florals soften the edges while pink pepper adds a crackling heat that keeps the composition from settling into sweetness.
What emerges is a leather accord that's been gently smoked and sweetened, grounded by the warmth of benzoin and vanilla but never veering into dessert territory. The ambergris lends a saline, skin-like texture that makes the leather feel worn rather than new. It's a scent built for evening formality but comfortable enough for day, suited to someone who wants presence without aggression—polished but not pristine.
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.
