N°5 Chanel 1921 Eau de Toilette
The opening explodes in aldehydes — that distinctive soapy-fizzy sparkle that lifts neroli, lemon, and bergamot off the skin into something nearly architectural.
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.
- Aldehydic90
- Floral80
- Iris70
- Powdery
The note pyramid
- Aldehydes
- Neroli
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Lily of the Valley
- Iris
- May Rose
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening explodes in aldehydes — that distinctive soapy-fizzy sparkle that lifts neroli, lemon, and bergamot off the skin into something nearly architectural. The citrus is bright but immediately stylized.
The heart settles into iris and rose woven through lily of the valley, the iris contributing a cool powdered backbone that gives the bouquet a chypre-leaning sophistication. The flowers feel abstract rather than literal, layered into a single luminous accord rather than reading individually.
The base brings sandalwood, vetiver, amber, and vanilla — a warm woody finish dusted with vanilla powder, vetiver lending an earthy spine. Mossy depth threads underneath. Overall the character is a powdered aldehydic floral with woody warmth, formal-leaning, cool-weather-friendly, foundational and slow to fade.
Scent twins
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