True Force
True Force opens on lavender and tangerine, a clean pairing that balances aromatic softness against citrus brightness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 16 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.
- Lavender60
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Lavender
- Tangerine
- Sage
- Coriander
- Nutmeg
- Oak
By the editors · 2 min readTrue Force opens on lavender and tangerine, a clean pairing that balances aromatic softness against citrus brightness. The tangerine dries quickly, leaving the lavender to bridge the opening toward a spiced herbal heart.
Sage, coriander, and nutmeg build a quietly complex middle — dry, earthy, and slightly warm. None of the three dominates; instead they create a layered herbal accord that shifts gradually without abrupt transitions. Coriander in particular adds a green warmth that reads as sophisticated rather than aggressive.
The base brings suede, patchouli, and oak into a dry finish softened by musk and amber. The suede note gives the dry-down a slightly dusty, close-worn quality. Wears well in fall, suited for evenings or occasions where understated character is preferred.
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.
