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
- Rose50
- Iris
The note pyramid
- Neroli
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Iris
- Rose
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readNeroli and bergamot open with a clean, citrus-bright lift that feels immediately airy. The combination reads more transparent than sharp, leaning toward the white petals of neroli rather than anything tart.
Jasmine, iris, and rose arrive together in the heart, creating a soft floral cluster. The iris pulls the composition slightly powdery, keeping the rose from feeling too lush. These three notes blur at the edges rather than each presenting distinctly.
Musk settles things to a skin-close finish with little weight. Overall, this reads as a light, transparent floral — restrained rather than statement-making, suited to warm weather and easy daily wear.
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.
