Diabolique
Diabolique opens with a single, bright cardamom that reads more green and eucalyptus-adjacent than the usual oriental sweetness — a clean, almost medicinal spark that makes sense of the name only in retrospect.
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.
- Iris70
- Floral70
- Musky60
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Cardamom
- Cardamom
- Jasmine
- Jasmine
- Heliotrope
- Heliotrope
- Iris
By the editors · 2 min readDiabolique opens with a single, bright cardamom that reads more green and eucalyptus-adjacent than the usual oriental sweetness — a clean, almost medicinal spark that makes sense of the name only in retrospect.
The heart expands considerably: jasmine and violet provide the florals, while heliotrope brings a faintly powdery, almond-like softness. Iris threads through them with a cool, slightly rooty presence, and cedar gives structural lift, keeping the bouquet from collapsing into softness.
The base is quiet: sandalwood and vetiver in a dry, earthy accord, with benzoin offering minimal sweetness. An understated feminine floral that doesn't announce itself. Better experienced close up, where the interplay between cardamom, iris, and heliotrope reads clearly.
Scent twins
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