Velvet Orchid
Jasmine opens plush and heady, its white petals dusted with iris powder so the floral lift feels suede-soft rather than indolic.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- White Floral80
- Iris60
- Woody50
- Lactonic
The note pyramid
- Jasmine
- Jasmine
- Iris
- Sandalwood
- Ambergris
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min readJasmine opens plush and heady, its white petals dusted with iris powder so the floral lift feels suede-soft rather than indolic. The heart keeps the duo but lets sandalwood push creamy wood under the bloom, turning the accord velvety and tactile. Amber and ambergris warm the base, melting cedar’s dry shavings into a salted, skin-close glow that lingers for hours. Musk stays low, a clean cushion that prevents the sweetness from cloying. Projection hovers just outside the collar, perfect for close-quarter dates or silk-scarf fall days. Overall character: a smooth, ivory-toned floral that behaves like cashmere.
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.
