Grand Chalet
Bergamot flashes first, a brief metallic citrus that shears across the heliotrope’s almond-like creaminess already rising underneath.
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.
- Almond70
- Woody60
- Honey50
- Yellow Floral
The note pyramid
- Sandalwood
- Heliotrope
- Bergamot
- Mimosa
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot flashes first, a brief metallic citrus that shears across the heliotrope’s almond-like creaminess already rising underneath. Mimosa follows fast, its soft yellow bloom folding the sharp top into a warm, pollen-dusted pillow that feels almost lactonic. Sandalwood arrives in the base as dry, blond wood, soaking up the heliotrope’s powdered sugar and the musk’s clean skin echo so the scent hovers close rather than announces. Over two hours the citrus disappears completely, leaving a seamless almond-wood haze that smells like warm linens stored in a cedar drawer. Projection stays whisper-quiet, perfect for office days when you want a discreet, cocooning veil.
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Scent twins
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