Scent Bar 104
Bergamot opens brisk and cool, a thin citrus blade that parts quickly for a resinous heart of frankincense and labdanum.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Amber70
- Cinnamon60
- Balsamic60
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Frankincense
- Labdanum
- Heliotrope
- Cinnamon
- Ambergris
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot opens brisk and cool, a thin citrus blade that parts quickly for a resinous heart of frankincense and labdanum. The incense smolders dry and papery while heliotrope adds a faint almond-powder haze, softening the resin’s edges without turning sweet. Cinnamon arrives early in the base, threading warm-spice through the ambered labdanum, then ambergris lifts the accord with a salt-skin glow that keeps it airborne. Vanilla and benzoin thicken the dry-down, yet patchouli’s earthy crunch and clean musk prevent any syrupy collapse, leaving a matte, tobacco-dark amber that hovers close to skin. Projection stays moderate, perfect for cool autumn office days or subdued evening cafés; eight-hour longevity with minimal sillage.
Scent twins
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