Fleurs et Flammes
Galbanum slashes open with bitter green sap that feels almost peppery against the skin.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
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The note pyramid
- Galbanum
- Bergamot
- Lily
- Rose
- Benzoin
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readGalbanum slashes open with bitter green sap that feels almost peppery against the skin. Bergamot lightens the cut, adding a citric lift that keeps the green from turning earthy. Lily enters next, cool and waxy, its pollen dust softening the galbanum's edge while rose threads a faint sweetness through the white petals. Benzoin warms the base, turning the earlier chill into a resinous glow that clings close. Musk stretches the glow into a skin-whisper, powdery and clean rather than animalic. The scent stays linear after the first twenty minutes: green-citrus flash, floral heart, then a powdered resin skin-scent for the remaining hours. Office-safe projection sits at arm's length for three hours before collapsing to personal space; spring-weight fabric keeps it audible.
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