Donna Karan Essence: Wenge
A crisp blend of apple, pear, and citrus notes opens with a juicy, slightly tart fruity character.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Fruity60
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy50
- Aquatic
The note pyramid
- Apple
- Pear
- Pink Pepper
- Lime
- Orange
- Lemon
- Melon
By the editors · 2 min readA crisp blend of apple, pear, and citrus notes opens with a juicy, slightly tart fruity character. Pink pepper and black pepper add a sharp, fresh-spicy edge that enlivens the top notes without overwhelming them. Cardamom emerges in the heart, introducing a warm, aromatic spice that complements the fruity opening. The base shifts toward dry woods with cedar and patchouli, supported by a soft amber and clean musk. This creates a contrast between the bright top and the earthy, woody dry-down. Sillage is moderate initially, settling to a skin scent within three hours. Suitable for fall and casual wear, it offers four to seven hours of longevity with a dynamic structure.
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.