Ultima
Ultima opens with grapefruit — a dry, slightly bitter citrus that doesn't lean sweet.
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.
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- White Floral
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Jasmine
- Oakmoss
- Guaiac Wood
- Ambergris
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readUltima opens with grapefruit — a dry, slightly bitter citrus that doesn't lean sweet. It creates a sharp, tart impression that frames what follows.
Jasmine in the heart is a single floral note, acting as a bridge between the fresh top and the earthy base. It softens the grapefruit without sweetening the composition.
Oakmoss, guaiac wood, ambergris, and patchouli in the base are the real story. The oakmoss is damp, earthy, and mossy; guaiac wood adds a smoky, rosy-wood facet. Together with patchouli this is a chypre-adjacent structure — earthy, quiet, lasting. A austere, mossy-woody fragrance with a citrus opening and minimal floral development.
Scent twins
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