Balmya
Violet leaf and pink pepper create a crisp, slightly metallic opening with subtle spicy warmth.
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.
- Powdery70
- Iris60
- Vanilla50
- Floral
The note pyramid
- Violet Leaf
- Pink Pepper
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Vanilla
- Coffee
By the editors · 2 min readViolet leaf and pink pepper create a crisp, slightly metallic opening with subtle spicy warmth. Bergamot adds citrus brightness that quickly recedes behind the dominant powdery floral heart. Jasmine provides a rich floral core while vanilla and coffee create an unusual sweet-gourmand accord beneath the flowers. The coffee note remains subtle, adding depth rather than distinct coffee character to the vanilla base. Sandalwood emerges in the dry-down with its creamy woody texture, blending seamlessly with the persistent iris powderiness. This scent maintains a relatively linear progression from floral-powdery opening to woody-powdry dry-down over four to five hours. Intimate projection stays close to skin, making it suitable for office environments and daytime wear in moderate temperatures.
Scent twins
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