Granada
The opening conjures a spiced berry compote—raspberry edged with sharp pink and black pepper, bergamot lending a fleeting citrus brightness before the darker elements take hold.
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.
- Oakmoss90
- Cinnamon80
- Black Pepper80
- Labdanum80
- Amber70
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening conjures a spiced berry compote—raspberry edged with sharp pink and black pepper, bergamot lending a fleeting citrus brightness before the darker elements take hold. It's immediately warm, even hot, with none of the lightness you might expect from fruit notes.
As it settles, cinnamon deepens the sweetness while rose adds a resinous, almost jammy quality rather than anything fresh or dewy. The interplay feels medieval, suggestive of spice markets and old wood rather than modern perfumery.
The base is where Granada reveals its ambition: a dense, mossy foundation of oakmoss, vetiver, and patchouli anchored by sticky labdanum and warm amber. The musk softens the edges but never quite lightens the load. This is for those who want presence—something that lingers in rooms and on clothes, built for cooler weather and long evenings. Not subtle, but unapologetically so.
