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Ambergris and ambrette open with a saline, musky warmth that feels both animalic and intimate on initial contact.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Musky60
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Ambergris
- Ambrette
- Lavender
- Cypriol
- Benzoin
- Ambergris
By the editors · 2 min readAmbergris and ambrette open with a saline, musky warmth that feels both animalic and intimate on initial contact. Lavender and cypriol emerge quickly, layering an aromatic and earthy herbal character over the initial marine muskiness. Benzoin introduces a soft, vanillic balsamic resin that smooths the transition into the deeper base notes. Cedar and patchouli provide a dry, woody foundation that grounds the composition with an earthy and slightly powdery texture. Musk and recurring ambergris create a persistent skin-scent that is musky, slightly salty, and warmly animalic throughout the long wear. Projection remains moderate for the first hour before settling close to the skin with notable longevity. Best for cool weather evenings and dates, offering a complex but wearable animalic aromatic character.
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.
