Nuewa 2015 Edition
Grapefruit and bergamot create a bright, effervescent opening that feels crystalline rather than juicy, setting a polished tone.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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 Floral80
- Citrus70
- Vanilla60
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Orange Blossom
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readGrapefruit and bergamot create a bright, effervescent opening that feels crystalline rather than juicy, setting a polished tone. Jasmine and orange blossom form a creamy white-floral heart, the indolic facets of jasmine softening the blossom’s honeyed lift while both stay airy thanks to the lingering citrus sparkle. In the dry-down, sandalwood provides a dry, milky wood scaffold that carries a warm benzoin-vanilla duet; trace cumin injects a subtle skin-like warmth that keeps the accord from turning dessert-sweet. Over hours the composition folds into a powdery, slightly spicy amber glow where the floral radiance is still readable but cushioned by balsamic vanilla. Projection stays at polite arm’s length, making it office-friendly yet present through a full workday.
Scent twins
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