Chanel N°5 (Vintage)
The opening lifts off the skin with a soapy-bright halo around neroli and ylang-ylang, the citrus oils sharpening the edge.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Rose55
- Iris55
- Amber55
- Fresh
The note pyramid
- Neroli
- Ylang-Ylang
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Lily of the Valley
- Iris
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening lifts off the skin with a soapy-bright halo around neroli and ylang-ylang, the citrus oils sharpening the edge. There is a faintly waxy lemon-flower quality that signals something out of step with most modern perfumery.
The heart is a bouquet rather than any single flower — jasmine and rose interlaced with iris and lily of the valley, dense and almost upholstered in feel.
The base is where the composition really settles: oakmoss and vetiver give it earth, civet adds a low animal hum, sandalwood and amber soften everything, and patchouli with vanilla closes the loop. It dries down powdery, warm, distinctly old-school — a long arc from sparkle to skin-warm fur.
Scent twins
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