Chic et Bohème
Neroli and ylang-ylang open with buttery, custard-like richness that feels almost lactonic, their oily petals immediately announcing a plush white-floral heart.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- White Floral80
- Yellow Floral70
- Amber60
- Fresh
The note pyramid
- Neroli
- Ylang-Ylang
- Jasmine
- Plum
- Orange Blossom
- Ambergris
By the editors · 2 min readNeroli and ylang-ylang open with buttery, custard-like richness that feels almost lactonic, their oily petals immediately announcing a plush white-floral heart. Jasmine and orange blossom bloom next, amplifying the indolic creaminess while plum adds a bruised-fruit sweetness that keeps the bouquet from turning soapy. Ambergris arrives early, lending a salty, skin-warmed musk that makes the white florals glow rather than shout; vanilla and patchouli in the base tilt the accord toward soft amber, never letting sugar dominate. Over hours the jasmine folds into the ambergris, creating a fuzzy, lived-in skin scent with quiet plum-laced sillage. Projection stays within arm’s length, ideal for cool spring evenings or layered white-shirt days when you want florals without theatre.
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.
