Shadow for Her
Shadow for Her opens with a clear, aromatic lavender that feels clean but not soapy, setting an unexpectedly crisp tone for what follows.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Lavender70
- Patchouli65
- Musky55
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Lavender
- Patchouli
- Ambergris
- Musk
- Lavender
- Amber
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readShadow for Her opens with a clear, aromatic lavender that feels clean but not soapy, setting an unexpectedly crisp tone for what follows. The heart brings earthy patchouli into focus—darker and slightly dusty, lending a grounded, resinous quality that steers the fragrance away from typical florals.
As it settles, ambergris and musk create a soft, skin-close warmth. The base is quietly animalic without being overtly sensual, offering a muted radiance rather than projection. The composition has a linear simplicity, with each layer visible but not dramatically shifting.
This is a restrained, slightly masculine-leaning scent that suits someone drawn to woody, herbal fragrances over sweet or bright compositions. It wears close and fades gently, making it suitable for quieter settings or cooler weather.
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.
