Orchid
Bergamot opens with a crisp, slightly bitter citrus edge that quickly folds into a heart where jasmine dominates, its indolic creaminess softening the iris's cool, carrot-root powderiness while rose adds a faint honeyed lift.
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.
- White Floral50
- Rose50
- Woody50
- Iris
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Iris
- Rose
- Sandalwood
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot opens with a crisp, slightly bitter citrus edge that quickly folds into a heart where jasmine dominates, its indolic creaminess softening the iris's cool, carrot-root powderiness while rose adds a faint honeyed lift. The trio keeps the centre luminous rather than heavy, letting the iris steer the profile toward a clean, makeup-powder effect that feels more linen than lipstick. As the top dissolves, sandalwood's dry, milky wood slips underneath, anchoring the florals without adding sweetness; amber supplies a sheer, resinous glow and musk stretches the blend into a skin-near haze that lasts. What remains is a soft, woody-powder skin scent that stays polite: projection hovers within arm's length for most of the wear, making it office-safe yet still recognisably floral.
Scent twins
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