Carnival d'Havana
Incense and frankincense open with a smoky, balsamic aura heightened by rum's boozy sweetness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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.
- Tobacco80
- Woody70
- Smoky70
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Incense
- Frankincense
- Rum
- Gardenia
- Tuberose
- Guaiac Wood
- Tobacco
By the editors · 2 min readIncense and frankincense open with a smoky, balsamic aura heightened by rum's boozy sweetness. Gardenia and tuberose add a rich, floral heart that contrasts with guaiac wood's smoky dryness and tobacco's earthy warmth. Sandalwood, cedar, and styrax create a woody, balsamic base deepened by castoreum's animalic musk and tobacco's persistent presence. The scent evolves complexly from smoky-spicy to a deep, resinous dry-down over several hours. Projection is strong and diffusive, ideal for evening or formal wear in fall and winter cold weather. Longevity is exceptional, lasting well beyond twelve hours on skin.
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.




