Macaque Yuzu Edition
Yuzu opens sharp and slightly bitter, more rind than juice, with a clean Japanese citrus character that reads dry rather than sweet.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Smoky55
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Yuzu
- Myrrh
- Labdanum
- Sandalwood
- Oakmoss
- Olibanum
By the editors · 2 min readYuzu opens sharp and slightly bitter, more rind than juice, with a clean Japanese citrus character that reads dry rather than sweet. The entry is bright and short-lived.
Myrrh and labdanum take over the heart with a resinous, slightly medicinal warmth that pulls the citrus toward an unexpected balsamic territory. The transition is striking: from cologne-bright to dark church-resin within minutes.
The base settles on sandalwood, oakmoss, and olibanum, with the frankincense giving a smoky, hieratic haze over earthy moss and creamy wood. The drydown is contemplative rather than decorative, with citrus only a faint memory above the resinous woods. Cooler weather and quiet contexts suit it best.
Scent twins
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