Verbena, Freesia & Musk
Lemon and bergamot open with a bright, effervescent citrus burst that feels like snapping a fresh verbena leaf.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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.
- Aromatic50
- White Floral50
- Floral50
- Musky
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Lily
- Orange Blossom
- Freesia
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readLemon and bergamot open with a bright, effervescent citrus burst that feels like snapping a fresh verbena leaf. The heart layers lily, orange blossom and freesia into a sheer white-floral bouquet that keeps the citrus alive while adding a dewy petal softness. Musk arrives early, threading a clean, cottony warmth beneath the flowers so they hover just above skin rather than bloom loudly. On dry-down the lemon mellows into a soap-like brightness, the freesia’s green edge keeps it from turning powdery, and the musk stays freshly laundered rather than animalic. Projection stays close, creating a discreet office-friendly aura that feels freshly showered rather than perfumed. Best worn in spring and summer mornings when you want crisp cleanliness without sweetness.
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.
