The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 5 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.
- Orange40
- Bergamot35
- Vanilla35
- Honey15
- Musk10
By the editors · 2 min read# Hypnotic Poison Eau Secrète
The opening is a bright citrus wash—neroli and bergamot unfold with a softness that feels more like sunlight through gauze than any sharp cologne blast. There's an immediate intimacy here, as though the fragrance is already resting close to skin. The orange notes feel natural, slightly honeyed, never synthetic or scrubbed clean.
As it settles, vanilla appears but refuses to dominate. Instead of the thick, amber-heavy sweetness of the original Hypnotic Poison, this version keeps things hushed and translucent. The neroli persists, threading through with a faint bitterness that prevents the composition from sliding into pure dessert territory.
This is for someone drawn to the Poison family but craving restraint—a daytime counterpoint to the evening drama of its predecessor. It wears like a secret kept in plain sight: sweet, but never loud.
