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.
- Fresh50
- Tuberose50
- White Floral50
- Rose
The note pyramid
- Pear
- Peony
- Bergamot
- Tuberose
- Jasmine
- Lily of the Valley
- Freesia
By the editors · 2 min readPear opens with a watery-green sweetness that quickly lets white blossoms take over. Tuberose dominates the heart, its creamy intensity thickened by jasmine and cooled by lily-of-the-valley, while freesia keeps the bouquet airy. Rose peeks through only after thirty minutes, lending a soft powdery edge that stops the white flowers from turning syrupy. Sandalwood and cashmeran knit the petals to skin, adding a clean wood-lactone warmth; musk finishes with close, soap-like quietness. Projection stays within arm’s length for most of the day, making it office-safe yet still recognisably floral. Best in mild spring or early fall temperatures where the pear nuance stays crisp.
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.
