The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- Fresh50
- Floral50
- Powdery40
- Green
The note pyramid
- Lily of the Valley
- Peony
- Peach
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readA soft, translucent floral built around two delicate white blooms. Incandessence opens with lily of the valley's green, dewy sweetness—that faintly soapy freshness that feels more like spring air than extracted oil. The effect is light and slightly powdery from the start, without sharp edges or loud projection.
As it settles, peony lends a fuller, rounder texture. The heart becomes softer and more diffused, like petals pressed between pages rather than a bouquet in full bloom. The development is gentle, almost imperceptible—the fragrance doesn't evolve dramatically so much as it slowly fades into a cleaner, quieter version of itself.
This is uncomplicated femininity in the best sense: clean, approachable, easy to wear without being bland. It suits someone who wants fragrance as a whisper rather than a statement, or those nostalgic for early-2000s florals that prioritized simplicity over complexity. Ideal for work environments or anyone who dislikes heavy sillage.
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.