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.
- Earthy90
- Mossy70
- Aromatic50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Rose
- Oakmoss
- Guaiac Wood
By the editors · 2 min readLemon and bergamot give a clean, slightly bitter opening that fades quickly into the perfume's real subject — vetiver, dry and earthy, deepened by oakmoss and guaiac wood. Jasmine and rose sit in the heart but read more as adjustments than focal points, smoothing the rough edges of the root.
The drydown gathers cedar, labdanum, galbanum, and a thread of nutmeg. The composition stays austere: green, woody, mineral, and a little smoky — closer to a structured suit than a perfume.
Wears most naturally in daylight and in business hours, persistent without being loud, and built to flatter rather than announce.
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.
