The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Leather60
- Mossy60
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Cinnamon
- Lavender
- Jasmine
- Cumin
- Cardamom
By the editors · 2 min readLemon and bergamot open with a sharp citrus burst, quickly met by aromatic lavender and warm spices. Cinnamon, cardamom, and cumin add a pungent warmth, while jasmine and rose provide a floral counterpoint. The base reveals oakmoss and leather, creating a classic chypre structure with earthy depth. Civet and ambergris contribute animalic musky nuances, blending with vetiver and cedar's dry woodiness. Vanilla softens the blend, offering a sweet resinous undertone to the complex dry-down. This evolves significantly over hours, projecting strongly for evening wear in fall or winter.
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.
