The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Fruity70
- Floral60
- Warm Spicy50
- White Floral
The note pyramid
- Black Currant
- Grapefruit
- Jasmine
- Rose
- Amber
- Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min readBlack currant and grapefruit start things off with a tart, slightly dark edge. The currant adds a berry-jammy quality that contrasts the citrus brightness, and the opening reads fruity without being generic.
Jasmine and rose in the heart are cushioned by lily of the valley, keeping the florals soft and slightly powdery rather than bold. Cocoa drifts in as the heart develops, introducing a subtle warmth beneath the petals.
Amber, vanilla, and musk close the fragrance in a smooth, lightly sweet finish. The overall arc goes from tart fruit to powder-floral to warm musky sweetness — a straightforward feminine progression that stays approachable throughout.
Scent twins
In this family
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.