Imprevu
Bergamot and neroli open cleanly, with a brightness that doesn't last long before the floral heart steps in.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 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.
- Iris60
- Powdery60
- Fresh50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Neroli
- Bergamot
- Orris
- Jasmine
- Ylang-Ylang
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot and neroli open cleanly, with a brightness that doesn't last long before the floral heart steps in. Jasmine, ylang-ylang, rose, and orris overlap in a dense arrangement — rich without being oversweet, with the orris lending a powdery, slightly rooty undertone that holds the florals in check.
The base is the most distinctive part. Leather and ambergris give a dry, animalic depth, and vetiver adds an earthy edge. Benzoin and patchouli push warmth underneath without becoming overtly sweet. The overall texture is structured and grown-up, more dry than plush.
This belongs to a tradition of substantive floral-leather compositions that age well on skin in cooler conditions.
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.
