Orphéon
Without separated pyramid layers, the perfume reads as a single integrated impression from the start: lemon and galbanum giving a cool green-citrus brightness, while magnolia and ylang-ylang bloom underneath with a creamy, slightly waxy floral character.
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.
- Floral60
- Yellow Floral55
- Woody55
- Fresh
The note pyramid
- Tonka Bean
- Magnolia
- Vetiver
- Ylang-Ylang
- Amber
- Patchouli
- Lemon
- Galbanum
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readWithout separated pyramid layers, the perfume reads as a single integrated impression from the start: lemon and galbanum giving a cool green-citrus brightness, while magnolia and ylang-ylang bloom underneath with a creamy, slightly waxy floral character.
The development is built around contrast rather than progression. Vetiver and patchouli add a rooty, earthy spine that keeps the florals grounded, lending the perfume a slightly dusty, almost architectural quality. Tonka bean threads quiet sweetness through the wear without tipping into gourmand, and amber softens the close with a warm resinous halo. Musk smooths the seams. Projection is moderate; the texture stays composed, dry-floral, and slightly retro in its restraint, more salon than boudoir.
Overall the character is a polished green-floral with woody-amber underpinnings — sophisticated, unisex, balanced rather than dramatic.
Scent twins
In this family
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.
