Imprévu Coty 1968 Parfum
Neroli and bergamot create a bright, slightly metallic citrus opening that feels lifted by violet's cool powdery touch.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Mossy90
- Yellow Floral60
- Soft Spicy50
- White Floral
The note pyramid
- Neroli
- Bergamot
- Violet
- Jasmine
- Ylang-Ylang
- Oakmoss
By the editors · 2 min readNeroli and bergamot create a bright, slightly metallic citrus opening that feels lifted by violet's cool powdery touch. The heart introduces jasmine's creamy white petals against ylang-ylang's banana-like sweetness, forming a lush tropical floral accord that softens the initial sharpness. Oakmoss dominates the base, weaving its damp forest-floor bitterness through ambergris's salty skin-warmth, while benzoin and vanilla add a resinous amber glow that prevents the composition from turning too austere. As it settles, the musk amplifies the ambergris, creating a subtle animalic hum that keeps the florals alive for hours. Projection stays moderate, radiating about arm's length for the first three hours before pulling closer, making it office-friendly yet quietly sensual through a cool spring afternoon.
Scent twins
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