Nirvana French Grey
Neroli and mandarin ignite the opening with a bright, slightly bitter citrus flash that quickly gathers a green edge from galbanum.
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.
- Lavender90
- Aromatic80
- White Floral70
- Yellow Floral
The note pyramid
- Tonka Bean
- Lavender
- Neroli
- Vetiver
- Jasmine
- Amber
- Orange Blossom
- Galbanum
- Bergamot
- Mandarin
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readNeroli and mandarin ignite the opening with a bright, slightly bitter citrus flash that quickly gathers a green edge from galbanum. Lavender-purple lavender follows, dusting the white petals of jasmine and orange blossom with an aromatic coolness that keeps the heart airy rather than creamy. As skin warms, tonka and amber melt into the bloom, turning the composition softly almond-sweet while vetiver threads a clean, grassy smoke through the base. Musk arrives late, polishing the dry-down to a skin-close, powdery sheen that blurs the line between fresh linen and sun-warmed cotton. Projection stays polite, radiating a calm, effortless aura perfect for office days, weekend cafés, or spring strolls when you want to smell composed without announcing it.
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.
