Moves
Moves is the most ambitious entry in adidas's late-90s catalogue, and the only one that asks to be read as a proper composition.
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.
- Fresh50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Aquatic
The note pyramid
- Pineapple
- Mint
- Black Pepper
- Peppermint
- Tomato Leaf
- Star Anise
- Ginger
By the editors · 2 min readMoves is the most ambitious entry in adidas's late-90s catalogue, and the only one that asks to be read as a proper composition. The opening is a small explosion: pineapple, mint, peppermint, black pepper, tomato leaf, star anise — green, vegetal, slightly licorice, more interesting than its price tag suggests.
The heart pivots to ginger and lavender against jasmine and cedar, keeping the spice while softening the edges. Sandalwood, oakmoss, lily of the valley and thyme make the drydown — a quietly green-aromatic landing that lasts longer than the brand's later sport launches manage. It doesn't smell expensive, exactly, but it does smell considered. Cooler weather flatters the pepper and anise; heat flattens them.
Scent twins
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