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.
- Yellow Floral50
- Woody50
- Tropical50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Mango
- Mandarin Orange
- Bergamot
- Magnolia
- Jasmine
- Mimosa
By the editors · 2 min readPerceive Sunshine leads with a tropical-citrus accord of mango and mandarin orange anchored by bergamot, giving the opening a freshly squeezed, summery impression. The heart follows with a soft, creamy floral trio: magnolia's milky warmth, mimosa's powdery-yellow cheerfulness, and jasmine's clean white note. Together they maintain the bright, optimistic register established in the top.
The base is simple — sandalwood and musk — letting the floral-fruity heart fade gently rather than adding complexity in the drydown. A light, seasonal feminine suited to warm daytime wear: accessible and transparent without asking much from the wearer.
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.
