Balade Sauvage
A crisp citrus opening of petitgrain and bergamot gives way almost immediately to the perfume's real focus: a lush, sun-warmed fig note that feels half-green, half-milky.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Green65
- Citrus55
- Marine50
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Bergamot
- Peach
- Orange Blossom
- Fig
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readA crisp citrus opening of petitgrain and bergamot gives way almost immediately to the perfume's real focus: a lush, sun-warmed fig note that feels half-green, half-milky. The fig here is not the sharp, latex-edged variety but something softer and rounder, bolstered by peach and a gentle haze of orange blossom that keeps the composition from turning too sweet or jammy.
As it settles, rose adds a touch of structure while vanilla and labdanum create a low, resinous warmth underneath. The base never dominates; instead, it acts as a subtle anchor that keeps the fruit and florals from floating away entirely. The result is approachable and smoothly blended, with none of the rough edges or abrupt transitions that sometimes plague fruit-forward compositions.
This is fig rendered as an easy-wearing, modern fragrance rather than a photorealistic study. It suits anyone looking for something soft and warm-weather appropriate without venturing into sugary or overtly floral territory.
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.
