The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- Leather65
- Tobacco50
- Animalic50
- Smoky
The note pyramid
- Saffron
- Nutmeg
- Leather
By the editors · 2 min readMagnificently Dubai opens with a dry, metallic saffron that feels more medicinal than sweet—earthy and slightly bitter, like sun-warmed spice stalls rather than pastry counters. The nutmeg that follows adds warmth but keeps a similar restraint, peppery and woody rather than creamy. This is saffron-nutmeg minimalism, not opulence.
The leather base arrives smoothly, suede-like and clean, without smoke or animalic edge. It feels more like a soft leather jacket than a saddle or aged library binding. The composition stays close to skin, linear in progression but coherent in intent.
A streamlined, affordable take on the saffron-leather template popularized by niche fragrances. It lacks the density and development of its luxury counterparts but wears easily—undemanding, wearable, and unapologetically derivative. For someone curious about the genre without the investment, it serves as a competent introduction.
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.
