Circus Fantasy
Circus Fantasy opens with a tart, almost electric raspberry that refuses to fade quietly, lingering at the edges even as softer elements arrive.
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.
- Vanilla65
- Fruity55
- Fresh50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Raspberry
- Peony
- Vanilla
- Violet
- Musk
- Raspberry
By the editors · 2 min readCircus Fantasy opens with a tart, almost electric raspberry that refuses to fade quietly, lingering at the edges even as softer elements arrive. The peony that follows feels more implied than literal—a gentle, soapy-floral suggestion rather than a full bouquet, smoothing the fruit without overwhelming it.
As it settles, vanilla becomes the backbone, rounded and slightly powdery, supported by a violet accord that reads more woody-iris than candied. The musk stays close to the skin, clean rather than animalic. The overall effect is unpretentious and unabashedly sweet, but not cloying—there's enough tannic raspberry and violet's faint bitterness to keep it from tipping into dessert territory.
This is fruity-floral pop perfumery done with surprising restraint. It suits someone who wants brightness without complexity, sweetness without heaviness, and has no interest in making a loud entrance.
Scent twins
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