The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Earthy85
- Mossy70
- Aromatic50
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Labdanum
- Oakmoss
- Guaiac Wood
By the editors · 2 min readLemon and bergamot lift the opening clean and bright; galbanum and pink pepper give the citrus a green snap rather than a sweet roundness. The transition is fast — within minutes vetiver dominates, dry and rooty, with jasmine adding just enough floral lift to keep it from feeling austere.
The drydown is the real point: oakmoss and guaiac wood pressed against more vetiver, cedar, labdanum, and a dusting of nutmeg. It reads as a classical green chypre construction with the modern restraint of a smaller wardrobe.
Wears tailored, masculine-leaning, comfortable in office air and outdoor light. Persistent without becoming loud.
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.
