Rose Imperiale
Rose Impériale opens with a candied brightness—May rose petals glossed in caramel and citrus—that feels more confectionery than floral.
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.
- Rose90
- Caramel80
- Chocolate70
- Tuberose
The note pyramid
- May Rose
- Tuberose
- Neroli
- Pink Pepper
- Cedar
- Patchouli
- Bergamot
By the editors · 2 min readRose Impériale opens with a candied brightness—May rose petals glossed in caramel and citrus—that feels more confectionery than floral. The sweetness is immediate and unapologetic, a jammy rose accord that borders on gourmand territory. Pink pepper adds faint warmth without disrupting the sugared finish.
As it settles, tuberose and neroli emerge beneath the caramel veil, lending a creamy density that softens the composition's sharper edges. Cedar and patchouli provide structure without stealing focus, keeping the rose centered while benzoin and amber deepen the base into a soft, resinous glow.
The result is a dessert-leaning interpretation of rose—less garden, more pastry counter. It wears close, sweet, and comfortable, suited to those who prefer their florals wrapped in warmth rather than presented bare. Not a classic soliflore, but a rose reimagined through an indulgent lens.
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.
