Un Ange Passe
Ylang-ylang opens with a creamy, banana-like sweetness and intense yellow-floral character that is both exotic and slightly spicy.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Soft Spicy50
- Herbal50
- Warm Spicy50
- Yellow Floral
The note pyramid
- Ylang-Ylang
- Jasmine
- Star Anise
- Rose
- Sandalwood
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min readYlang-ylang opens with a creamy, banana-like sweetness and intense yellow-floral character that is both exotic and slightly spicy. Jasmine and rose deepen the floral heart, adding a lush, romantic quality that complements the ylang-ylang's richness. Star anise introduces a distinct warm-spicy licorice note that provides an aromatic twist and prevents the florals from becoming overly straightforward. Sandalwood forms a dry, creamy woody base that slowly emerges to anchor the composition with a smooth, earthy texture. Amber and musk blend in the dry-down, adding a warm, slightly sweet resinous quality and a soft skin-scent effect. The scent maintains good projection for the first two hours before settling into a warm, spicy-woody trail with impressive longevity. Best worn in fall or winter for formal or special occasions where a bold, complex floral-spicy scent is appropriate.
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.
