PHI Une Rose de Kandahar
A rose pulled from the spice markets rather than the garden.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Rose75
- Cinnamon55
- Tonka40
- Vanilla35
- Patchouli30
By the editors · 2 min readA rose pulled from the spice markets rather than the garden. The opening rushes in with cinnamon heat and a almond-apricot sweetness that borders on gourmand, tempered by bergamot's citric brightness. This is not a delicate rose—it's dusted in warming spices, sun-baked, earthy in the way of dried petals wrapped in silk scarves.
As it settles, the rose holds center while tonka and vanilla weave a soft, resinous sweetness beneath. The base brings vetiver's dry greenness and patchouli's quiet earthiness, grounding what could have been purely sweet into something more ambered and contemplative. Ambergris adds a mineral softness that keeps it from turning heavy.
The overall effect is cozy yet exotic, a rose portrait with more depth than prettiness. It suits those who want their florals layered with warmth and spice, who prefer atmosphere to transparency.
