Chanel 2012 Eau de Toilette
Neroli and bergamot open with that signature Chanel sparkle — bright, faintly soapy, the citrus oils carrying the first ten minutes without much weight.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Iris55
- Vanilla55
- Fresh50
- Rose
The note pyramid
- Aldehydes
- Neroli
- Bergamot
- Lilac
- Jasmine
- Ylang-Ylang
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readNeroli and bergamot open with that signature Chanel sparkle — bright, faintly soapy, the citrus oils carrying the first ten minutes without much weight.
The heart turns to a classic white-floral triad: jasmine, ylang-ylang, and rose, each tempering the others into a smooth, polished bouquet without any single flower dominating.
The base is where this composition really distinguishes itself — sandalwood, vetiver, and frankincense join opoponax, ambrette, iris, and vanilla in a long resinous-balsamic dry-down. The frankincense and opoponax push it slightly liturgical; iris and ambrette keep it powdery; vanilla and musk soften the edges. It is a slow, deep finish, far heavier than the airy opening would suggest.
Scent twins
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