Dilis Classic Collection No 37
Anise opens with a licorice snap, quickly joined by bright orange and lemon that cut its syrupy edge.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- Powdery70
- Citrus60
- Almond50
- Yellow Floral
The note pyramid
- Orange
- Lemon
- Anise
- Heliotrope
- Iris
- Mimosa
By the editors · 2 min readAnise opens with a licorice snap, quickly joined by bright orange and lemon that cut its syrupy edge. The heart folds heliotropin's almond-like sweetness around powdery iris, while mimosa adds a soft, pollen-yellow floral lift that keeps the accord from turning dense. Cedar in the base provides a dry, pencil-shave wood that steadies the vanillic heliotrope trail, and clean white musk shears off any residual sugar so the finish feels matte rather than creamy. During the first two hours the citrus-anise sparkle stays noticeable; afterwards it relaxes into a skin-close cedar-musk glow with a faint almond iris shimmer. Projection stays within conversation distance, making it office-safe yet interesting through the heliotrope twist. Cool spring and crisp fall days fit best, where the anise-citrus brightness can pop without overheating.
Scent twins
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