Simply Chic
Black currant and bergamot open with a tart, slightly green fruity sparkle that feels more crisp than sweet.
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.
- Yellow Floral50
- Woody50
- Sweet50
- Green
The note pyramid
- Black Currant
- Bergamot
- Freesia
- Sandalwood
- Amber
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readBlack currant and bergamot open with a tart, slightly green fruity sparkle that feels more crisp than sweet. Freesia enters quickly, softening the edges with a clean, watery floral lift that keeps the fruit from turning jammy. The heart phase is brief; within twenty minutes the base trio of sandalwood, amber and patchouli lock together, producing a dry, woody-musk hum warmed by a light amber glow. Patchouli adds a quiet earthiness that prevents the sandalwood from becoming creamy, while white musk shears off any residual sweetness, leaving a skin-close woody dust. Projection stays polite—an arm-length radius for the first two hours—then collapses to a faint wood-powder skin scent that lingers through a workday. Office-safe in spring and early fall; the restrained sillage makes it ideal for cubicles or travel.
Scent twins
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