Acqua di Parma Iris Nobile
The first spray delivers a flash of bright bergamot and orange laced with star anise—a licorice-tinged sweetness that frames the iris before it fully arrives.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Yellow Floral50
- White Floral50
- Sweet50
- Violet
The note pyramid
- Star Anise
- Orange
- Iris
- Bergamot
- Tuberose
- Ylang-Ylang
- Orange Blossom
By the editors · 2 min readThe first spray delivers a flash of bright bergamot and orange laced with star anise—a licorice-tinged sweetness that frames the iris before it fully arrives. Within minutes, the powder emerges: soft, rooty iris that feels more like orris butter than cosmetic violet, grounded by a whisper of cedar that keeps it from floating away entirely.
As it settles, tuberose and orange blossom add a creamy floral warmth without overpowering the composition's restraint. The ylang-ylang stays mercifully quiet, never veering into headshop territory. Mimosa contributes a honeyed texture in the background.
This is iris for those who prefer their florals polite rather than operatic—elegant without being austere, feminine without leaning too heavily on powder or sweetness. The amber and vanilla in the base provide just enough warmth to make it approachable for daytime wear, though it remains unmistakably a dressed-up fragrance. Best suited to someone who appreciates refinement but finds pure soliflores too stark.
Scent twins
In this family
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