Shi
**Shi** opens with a cool, almost metallic greenness—fig leaf stripped of fruit, revealing only the plant's milky sap and jagged edges.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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
- White Floral50
- Aquatic50
- Lactonic
The note pyramid
- Fig Leaf
- Orange Blossom
- Musk
- Birch
- Orange Blossom
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min read**Shi** opens with a cool, almost metallic greenness—fig leaf stripped of fruit, revealing only the plant's milky sap and jagged edges. There's an astringent clarity here, like stepping into a minimalist space where birch and white woods hum quietly in the background. The effect is clean but never soapy, more like linen left to dry outdoors.
As it settles, orange blossom appears, but it's muted and diffused rather than lush or indolic. The florals feel almost translucent, woven into a sheer musk that stays close to the skin. This base is soft and slightly powdery, but never sweet—more like the faint warmth left on a cotton shirt after a long day.
**Shi** belongs to the late-nineties lineage of restrained, pale florals aimed at a modern simplicity. It's for those who want presence without announcement, a fragrance that whispers rather than projects.
Scent twins
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