Private Collection Amber Ylang Ylang Estēe Lauder 2008 Eau de Parfum
Private Collection Amber Ylang Ylang reads as exactly what its name promises — a warm, resinous amber composition with a fleshy ylang current running through it.
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.
- Amber85
- Vanilla65
- Soft Spicy50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Rose Geranium
- Italian Bergamot
- Cinnamon
- Frankincense
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readPrivate Collection Amber Ylang Ylang reads as exactly what its name promises — a warm, resinous amber composition with a fleshy ylang current running through it. The frankincense in the heart sharpens the resin, giving the warmth a thread of smoke rather than letting it slump into pure sweetness.
The base does the heavy lifting: sandalwood, amber, and vanilla blend into a single creamy-resinous block that lingers close to the skin for hours. It's less a fragrance with movement and more a single warm tone held steady — a winter-evening scent that doesn't ask to be noticed across a room.
Scent twins
In this family
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