Coeur de Vanille
Black pepper, pink pepper, clove, and nutmeg open with a dry, multi-layered spiciness that bergamot brightens without fully lifting.
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.
- Soft Spicy50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody50
- Nutty
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Pink Pepper
- Clove
- Bergamot
- Nutmeg
- Tonka Bean
- Guaiac Wood
By the editors · 2 min readBlack pepper, pink pepper, clove, and nutmeg open with a dry, multi-layered spiciness that bergamot brightens without fully lifting. The combination is assertive but not harsh — each spice takes a slightly different angle.
In the heart, guaiac wood and vetiver introduce a smoky, resinous earthiness, while orange blossom softens the edges. Virginia cedar adds structural dryness. The transition from spicy to woody is gradual and deliberate.
Sandalwood, vanilla, and hazelnut anchor the base in a creamy, nutty warmth. The hazelnut reads as a quiet gourmand thread rather than a dessert note, keeping the finish grounded and dry rather than sweet.
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.
