9pm
The opening announces itself with crisp apple shadowed by cinnamon, a pairing that could veer sweet but stays restrained through a whisper of bergamot.
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.
- Sweet80
- Vanilla70
- Amber60
- Fruity
The note pyramid
- Apple
- Cinnamon
- Bergamot
- Lily of the Valley
- Orange Blossom
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening announces itself with crisp apple shadowed by cinnamon, a pairing that could veer sweet but stays restrained through a whisper of bergamot. There's a nocturnal quality here—the apple reads less orchard than polished wood, almost resinous, while the spice adds warmth without sticky confection.
As it settles, lily of the valley and orange blossom emerge with surprising clarity, their green-white floralcy tempering the initial sweetness. The heart phase feels brief, a transitional moment before the base claims the composition. Tonka bean and vanilla fold into amber and patchouli, creating a smooth, slightly powdery foundation that hovers close to the skin.
This is a crowd-pleasing contemporary fragrance built for evening wear, comfortable in offices and dinner settings alike. The name suggests sophistication after dark, though the execution feels approachable rather than daring—a reliable choice for those who want presence without provocation.
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.
