The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Fresh50
- White Floral50
- Woody50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Violet
- Amber
- Cedar
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot opens cleanly, a standard fresh citrus entry that dissipates quickly. Jasmine and violet emerge next, soft and lightly powdery rather than intensely floral. The violet reads as watery and cool rather than sweet, giving the heart a slightly aqueous quality.
Amber, cedar, and musk form the base. Cedar keeps the structure dry and slightly woody, while amber adds a low warmth without becoming heavy. The musk stays close to the skin, pulling projection inward as the fragrance develops.
Overall, Promesse Eau Fraîche is a light, easygoing floral-fresh with a powdery violet core. It stays close to the wearer, works well in warmer conditions, and suits daytime and professional settings without demanding attention.
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.
