Costa Azzurra Parfum
The opening strikes with a bolt of citrus brightness—lemon and mandarin cut through with green cardamom—that quickly softens into something warmer and more resinous.
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.
- Amber55
- Labdanum50
- Vanilla45
- Lemon40
- Patchouli40
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening strikes with a bolt of citrus brightness—lemon and mandarin cut through with green cardamom—that quickly softens into something warmer and more resinous. This is Costa Azzurra in deeper register, the aquatic shimmer replaced by amber and labdanum that feel almost honeyed against the skin. The transition happens faster than you'd expect, the sunny Mediterranean coastline giving way to driftwood warmed by late afternoon sun.
What emerges is surprisingly gourmand for a Tom Ford seascape. Vanilla threads through earthy patchouli and vetiver, while ambergris adds a salted, slightly animalic undertow that keeps the sweetness from becoming confectionary. The effect is less about recreating the Italian Riviera than capturing the sensory memory of it—sunscreen, skin, warm stone, salt air—compressed into something rich and enveloping.
Best suited to those who found the original Costa Azzurra too fleeting or polite. This wears closer, lasts longer, and trades transparency for presence.