Musk Aoud
Musk Aoud opens with a clean, bright citrus — lemon and bergamot doing the preliminary work of lightening what will become a considerably denser experience.
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.
- Jasmine65
- Musk65
- Sandalwood50
- Bergamot50
- Tonka50
By the editors · 2 min readMusk Aoud opens with a clean, bright citrus — lemon and bergamot doing the preliminary work of lightening what will become a considerably denser experience. The heart is a classical trio: jasmine, ylang-ylang, and rose arranged with the deliberateness of a perfumer who knows these materials well. The ylang brings warmth; the jasmine, an indolic depth; the rose, structural clarity.
The base is ambitious in its accumulation: oakmoss for green, mossy weight; leather and birch for a smoky, animalic note; sandalwood and tonka for sweetness; nutmeg and musk as the final layer of complexity. The overall effect is deep and considered — a fragrance that unfolds over hours, revealing new facets as earlier accords recede. Dense projection, suited for colder evenings.
