Always 2018
Neroli and bergamot open with sunlit citrus clarity, plum easing in beneath them to give the top a slightly jammy, fruit-forward richness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Rose55
- Vanilla55
- Fresh50
- White Floral
The note pyramid
- Neroli
- Plum
- Bergamot
- Peony
- Rose
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readNeroli and bergamot open with sunlit citrus clarity, plum easing in beneath them to give the top a slightly jammy, fruit-forward richness. The floral heart — peony and rose — is warm rather than dewy, full enough to carry the middle act without becoming shrill. Apricot in the base blurs the boundary between fruit and sweetness, while sandalwood and vanilla provide a smooth, gently creamy landing. The overall arc runs from fresh-tart to warm-sweet over a couple of hours — a crowd-pleasing trajectory that's rounded and approachable. Well-suited to spring and early autumn when the warmth of vanilla doesn't feel out of place.
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.
