Vanille
Ylang-ylang lands first, its custardy banana edge lending immediate tropical weight that feels almost oily on skin.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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.
- Almond50
- Balsamic50
- Lactonic50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Ylang-Ylang
- Heliotrope
- Musk
- Madagascar Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min readYlang-ylang lands first, its custardy banana edge lending immediate tropical weight that feels almost oily on skin. Heliotrope arrives within minutes, folding almond-marzipan powder through the ylang’s creamy petals, while a clean white musk sheen keeps the heart from turning syrupy. Madagascar vanilla dominates the dry-down, stripping away the floral top until only a dense, almost fudge-like pod richness remains, still faintly dusted with that heliotrope almond. Projection drops to whisper distance after two hours, becoming a skin-hugging confection that reads more toasted pastry than floral bouquet. The composition stays linear once the ylang recedes, so wear it when you want discreet, edible comfort rather than evolving drama. Cool autumn days and indoor close-contact settings suit its restrained radius best.
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.