Vanilla
Vanilla by Alyssa Ashley doesn't apologize for its central preoccupation — this is, from the first spray, about vanilla, with other materials arranged to soften and contextualize it.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 5 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.
- Vanilla75
- Powdery50
- Musky50
- Citrus
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Jasmine
- Ylang-Ylang
- Vanilla
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readVanilla by Alyssa Ashley doesn't apologize for its central preoccupation — this is, from the first spray, about vanilla, with other materials arranged to soften and contextualize it. Bergamot and lemon provide a citrus lift that keeps the opening from feeling heavy, though the sweetness arrives quickly.
Jasmine and ylang-ylang in the heart give the composition its floral scaffolding — the ylang in particular lending a creamy, banana-like warmth that complements the vanilla rather than competing with it. Musk extends the dry-down into something skin-close and comfortable. At thirty-plus years old, this remains one of the more straightforward vanilla florals: unpretentious, warm, and genuinely pleasant without demanding attention.
Scent twins
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