The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Herbal100
- Aromatic50
- White Floral50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Mint
- Bergamot
- Lavender
- Jasmine
- Myrrh
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readOne of Zara's more complete constructions. Bergamot and mint open with a sharp, clean freshness — the mint is cool but not medicinal, balanced by bergamot's citrus lift. Lavender and jasmine compose the heart, an unusual pairing that works: lavender grounds while jasmine brightens, and the two sit together without either dominating. Myrrh, cedar, and musk form a warm, faintly resinous base that extends wear and adds unexpected depth.
The overall effect is an aromatic fresh fragrance with more complexity than its price suggests. The myrrh especially surprises — a touch of amber-incense warmth that gives the drydown genuine character. Unisex, leaning masculine.
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.
