Cor Gentile
Cor Gentile opens with black pepper and a dry, resinous myrrh that signals intent immediately — this is a dark, structured fragrance.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Myrrh
- Musk
- Lily
- Rose
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readCor Gentile opens with black pepper and a dry, resinous myrrh that signals intent immediately — this is a dark, structured fragrance. The musk appears early and stays close to the skin throughout.
In the heart, lily and rose add a cool florality that keeps the composition from feeling oppressively heavy. They sit inside rather than above the spice and resin, giving texture without sweetening the accord.
Sandalwood, vanilla, and patchouli converge in the base to produce a deep, quietly leathery warmth. The leather note listed in the pyramid reinforces this without ever becoming confrontational. Complex but measured, this suits fall and winter evenings at close sillage.
Scent twins
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