Mandarin
Ginger slices through a brisk citrus curtain of lime and bergamot, adding a warm-spicy snap that keeps the opening from turning sugary.
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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.
- Lavender80
- Citrus70
- Aromatic60
- Fresh
The note pyramid
- Ginger
- Basil
- Lime
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Lavender
- Jasmine
By the editors · 2 min readGinger slices through a brisk citrus curtain of lime and bergamot, adding a warm-spicy snap that keeps the opening from turning sugary. Aromatic basil bridges into the heart, where lavender dominates, its cool herbal edge polished by jasmine’s creamy indole and the green watercolor touch of lily of the valley. Violet steers the bouquet toward a soft powderiness, preparing the terrain for the base. Oakmoss and vetiver arrive early in the dry-down, stitching earthy bitterness to a dry amber-saffron glow while patchouli provides quiet cocoa depth. The musk never shouts, so the scent stays tailored: close but persistent, projecting a civil two-foot radius for six hours. Office-safe in spring and summer, it shifts easily into a crisp white-shirt evening option when outdoor temperatures slide below 70 °F.
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.
