Prelude to Love
A hesitant opening of bergamot and orange, both bright and slightly diffuse, like light through morning curtains.
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.
- Citrus65
- Iris55
- Aromatic50
- White Floral
The note pyramid
- Orange
- Bergamot
- Lavender
- Neroli
- Pink Pepper
- Orange Blossom
- Freesia
By the editors · 2 min readA hesitant opening of bergamot and orange, both bright and slightly diffuse, like light through morning curtains. The citrus doesn't announce itself loudly but spreads gently, making room for what follows. Within minutes, lavender arrives with an unexpected sharpness, pulled slightly off-center by pink pepper, while neroli and orange blossom create a soft, pillowy backdrop. The florals never feel crowded, each one contributing texture rather than competing for attention.
As it settles, iris lends a cool, talc-like quality that grounds the composition without weighing it down. The musk underneath is clean and skin-close, more suggestion than statement. The overall effect is polite and somewhat restrained, a composition that prioritizes wearability over drama.
Best suited to those who want something gently floral without venturing into powdery territory or full white-floral intensity. It occupies a middle space between fresh and comforting, appropriate for casual settings where anything heavier would feel like trying too hard.
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.
