Sohan d’Iris
Saffron opens with a warm-spicy shimmer that immediately intertwines with heliotrope's powdery almond sweetness, creating a dense and opulent introduction.
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.
- Honey50
- Almond50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Saffron
- Heliotrope
- Opoponax
- Osmanthus
- Chocolate
- Tonka Bean
By the editors · 2 min readSaffron opens with a warm-spicy shimmer that immediately intertwines with heliotrope's powdery almond sweetness, creating a dense and opulent introduction. Chocolate emerges in the heart, its rich gourmand character blending seamlessly with the resinous opoponax and fruity osmanthus for a complex, almost edible floral accord. The dry-down shifts toward a softer texture as sandalwood provides a creamy woody base, while tonka bean and honey lend a vanillic sweetness that is grounded by ambergris and musk. Longevity extends well beyond eight hours with moderate sillage that remains intimate after the first hour, making it suited for cool weather evenings and formal occasions.
Scent twins
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