Draconis
Lemon, grapefruit, and bergamot open with a sharp citrus burst that quickly settles into a bright aromatic freshness.
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.
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Black Pepper
- Ambergris
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readLemon, grapefruit, and bergamot open with a sharp citrus burst that quickly settles into a bright aromatic freshness. Black pepper introduces a dry, warm-spicy edge that contrasts with the zesty top notes. As the heart develops, frankincense and olibanum emerge with a resinous, slightly smoky character that deepens the composition. Vetiver and patchouli provide an earthy, woody foundation that grounds the brighter elements above. Ambergris and musk add a subtle animalic warmth and salty nuance in the dry-down. Projection starts moderately strong but settles to a skin-close trail within three hours, lasting through the day. Best suited for cool weather evenings and formal occasions where its complex evolution can unfold.
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.
