Makeda
Grapefruit opens with a sharp, zesty citrus burst that is refreshing and slightly sour, creating an immediate bright impression.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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.
- Fresh50
- White Floral50
- Woody50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Jasmine
- Virginia Cedar
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readGrapefruit opens with a sharp, zesty citrus burst that is refreshing and slightly sour, creating an immediate bright impression. Jasmine follows quickly, introducing a sweet white-floral heart that softens the citrus edge and provides a floral core with a mildly indolic richness. The fragrance remains relatively linear, transitioning smoothly from the citrus-floral opening to the base without significant dramatic shifts in character. Virginia cedar forms the woody foundation, offering a dry, pencil-shaving-like woodiness that grounds the composition with a clean and slightly aromatic texture. Musk in the base adds a soft, skin-scent quality that enhances wearability and ensures the scent stays close to the body after the initial projection fades. Sillage is light to moderate, lasting for a few hours before becoming an intimate scent, ideal for casual daytime wear in spring and summer.
Scent twins
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