Sonnet 18
Sonnet 18 opens with bergamot—clean, slightly tart—before a luminous heart of Bulgarian rose, orange blossom, and mimosa fills in.
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.
- Rose60
- Honey50
- Aromatic50
- Yellow Floral
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Bulgarian Rose
- Orange Blossom
- Mimosa
- Tonka Bean
By the editors · 2 min readSonnet 18 opens with bergamot—clean, slightly tart—before a luminous heart of Bulgarian rose, orange blossom, and mimosa fills in. The florals together produce a honeyed, powdery sweetness that leans decidedly romantic without being cloying.
Tonka bean, sandalwood, honey, cedar, and styrax build the base into a warm, resinous structure. The honey note deepens the floral sweetness while styrax adds a subtle balsamic quality.
This is a rich floral oriental with a warm, amber-leaning dry-down. The complexity comes from layering honey and balsamic resins beneath classic flowers. Suited to cooler evenings; the projection is moderate to strong.
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.
