Sa Majesté La Rose
The first spray of Sa Majeste la Rose announces itself with a medicinal intensity—rose absolute cut with sharp cumin and clove, more antiseptic than floral.
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.
- Rose85
- Soft Spicy50
- Warm Spicy50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Guaiac Wood
- Vanilla
- Clove
- Lychee
By the editors · 2 min readThe first spray of Sa Majeste la Rose announces itself with a medicinal intensity—rose absolute cut with sharp cumin and clove, more antiseptic than floral. It's deliberately jarring, like walking into an apothecary where rose petals are weighed and measured alongside tinctures. The cumin hovers close, adding a human warmth that keeps the composition from veering into pure prettiness.
As it settles, the rose gains dimension through a surprisingly plush honey note that rounds the edges without sweetening excessively. The spices recede but never disappear, leaving an amber-dusted shadow beneath the floral. This is rose presented without romance—no dewy gardens or velvet petals. Instead, Lutens offers something more austere and cerebral, a study in contrasts between the flower's natural softness and the hard-edged treatment it receives here.
Best suited to those who find conventional rose fragrances too polite or one-dimensional. It demands attention rather than offering comfort.
Scent twins
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