Pure Sun
Magnolia and citrus open with a bright floral-citrus accord that feels both fresh and slightly creamy from the magnolia's texture.
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.
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Magnolia
- Orange
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Neroli
- Jasmine
- Ylang-Ylang
By the editors · 2 min readMagnolia and citrus open with a bright floral-citrus accord that feels both fresh and slightly creamy from the magnolia's texture. Neroli and jasmine add a white-floral richness while ylang-ylang brings a tropical sweetness to the complex heart. Iris and violet contribute a powdery quality that softens the floral bouquet, creating a delicate and nuanced mid-stage. The base reveals sandalwood's creamy woodiness alongside tonka bean and benzoin's warm resinous sweetness. Patchouli and vetiver provide an earthy grounding that prevents the composition from becoming overly sweet. Caramel and almond add a nutty gourmand nuance that emerges in the final dry-down. Projection is moderate initially but becomes more intimate after several hours, lasting well into the evening. Suitable for spring and fall occasions, it transitions from bright floral to warm oriental character.
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.
