Mimosa
Blood orange, lemon, grapefruit, and bergamot form a busy citrus opening — bright and slightly tart.
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.
- Powdery60
- White Floral50
- Sweet50
- Floral
The note pyramid
- Blood Orange
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Black Pepper
- Jasmine
- Orange Blossom
By the editors · 2 min readBlood orange, lemon, grapefruit, and bergamot form a busy citrus opening — bright and slightly tart. Black pepper threads through the heart, adding a dry edge against jasmine and orange blossom, which are soft and creamy rather than sharp.
Tonka bean and heliotrope pull the base toward a powdery almond warmth, while ylang-ylang adds a faint tropical richness. White musk keeps everything from becoming too heavy. The result is a citrus-floral with a sweetened, faintly spicy drydown — the kind of progression that moves from sparkling to smooth.
Suited to daytime wear in warm seasons, accessible enough for work while retaining a subtle femininity.
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Scent twins
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