Durga
Melon and tuberose open together in an unusual pairing — the cool, watery sweetness of melon blunts the tuberose's typical heady richness, producing something fresher and more transparent than a classic white floral.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Floral70
- Fresh50
- Herbal50
- Tuberose
The note pyramid
- Melon
- Tuberose
- Orris
- Ylang-Ylang
- Orange Blossom
- Tuberose
By the editors · 2 min readMelon and tuberose open together in an unusual pairing — the cool, watery sweetness of melon blunts the tuberose's typical heady richness, producing something fresher and more transparent than a classic white floral.
Orris, ylang-ylang, and orange blossom fill the heart with a creamy, slightly powdery floral depth. The ylang adds a faint tropical density while orris grounds the composition with its characteristic cool earthiness. Tuberose returns in the base, reinforcing the white floral core alongside a clean musk.
The result is an airy, skin-close floral that balances aquatic freshness against soft powdery warmth. Projection stays intimate. Suitable for warm weather and situations where something understated is preferred.
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