Melograno Santa Maria Novella 1965 Eau de Cologne
Bergamot opens cleanly, with a green-tinged brightness that sets a fresh, slightly tart tone.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Mossy80
- Citrus60
- Earthy60
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Pomegranate
- Ylang-Ylang
- Rose
- Oakmoss
- Labdanum
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot opens cleanly, with a green-tinged brightness that sets a fresh, slightly tart tone. The heart brings pomegranate alongside ylang-ylang and rose — the fruit reads more tart than sweet, keeping the florals grounded rather than lush.
Oakmoss and labdanum form the structural base, contributing an earthy, resinous depth that shifts the composition toward something decidedly classical in character. Patchouli adds further earthiness without turning dark, and musk keeps the dry-down from feeling too austere.
The overall impression is a chypre-adjacent cologne: green and mossy underneath a fruit-floral heart, with the bergamot and pomegranate tartness linking top to mid. Dry weather and cooler temperatures suit it best.
Scent twins
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