Illusione Bottega Veneta 2019 Eau de Parfum
Bergamot opens with a brisk, slightly bitter citrus that gives way quickly to the heart.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Lactonic50
- Green50
- Vanilla50
- Fruity
The note pyramid
- Blackcurrant
- Bergamot
- Fig Leaf
- Orange Blossom
- Tonka Bean
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot opens with a brisk, slightly bitter citrus that gives way quickly to the heart.
Fig leaf takes over with its signature dual face: a milky, lactonic green with a hint of coconut-skin underneath, alongside orange blossom for a soft white floral lift. The fig dominates, the orange blossom sweetening its edges. There is no spice or fruit to complicate the pairing.
The base is tonka bean alone, lending a hay-almond-vanilla warmth that gradually surfaces as the dominant note in the second half of wear. The overall character is a creamy fig-and-tonka with a floral lift — soft, slightly gourmand, unisex. Projection modest after the first hour, settling into a warm skin trail suited to spring or summer daytime.
Scent twins
In this family
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