Ambre Impérial Van Cleef & Arpels
Ambre Impérial opens with pink pepper's dry spice alongside bergamot's bright citrus — a warm, accessible entry that steps aside quickly before the amber accord takes over.
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.
- Amber80
- Tonka65
- Vanilla60
- Bergamot40
- Black Pepper40
By the editors · 2 min readAmbre Impérial opens with pink pepper's dry spice alongside bergamot's bright citrus — a warm, accessible entry that steps aside quickly before the amber accord takes over. Tonka bean, benzoin, amber, and vanilla form the fragrance's defining register: a rich, golden warmth that's the textbook definition of an oriental amber.
Benzoin contributes balsamic sweetness, tonka provides creamy warmth, and the amber acts as structural adhesive between the other elements. Vanilla softens the whole without making it gourmand. The result is a generous, easy-wearing amber that delivers exactly what it promises — uncomplicated comfort with a Van Cleef & Arpels polish. Cold weather above all.
