Tubereuse Imperiale
Tubéreuse Impériale announces itself with a cool, almost mineral tuberose—more stem than bloom.
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.
- Tuberose80
- Sandalwood70
- Incense60
- Iris60
- Iris Powder50
By the editors · 2 min readTubéreuse Impériale announces itself with a cool, almost mineral tuberose—more stem than bloom. There's no syrupy white-floral swell here. Instead, the tuberose feels carved, refined by iris powder and something faintly metallic that keeps it taut. Ylang-ylang hovers at the edges, tropical but restrained, as if glimpsed through frosted glass.
As it settles, sandalwood and incense smoke smooth the composition into something quieter, more diffuse. The vanilla and benzoin arrive late, adding warmth without sweetness—think resinous rather than gourmand. Cashmeran lends a soft, woody blur that keeps the whole thing from feeling too literal or photorealistic.
The overall effect is reserved, almost austere. This is tuberose for someone who finds most tuberose fragrances too loud or too overtly seductive. It suits understated formality: libraries, galleries, cool-weather evenings. A tuberose in grayscale.
