Private Collection Jasmin White Moss
The opening arrives crisp and green—galbanum cutting through bergamot with an assertive, almost metallic clarity.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 2 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.
- Iris60
- Patchouli40
The note pyramid
- Galbanum
- Bergamot
- Orris
- Jasmine
- Ylang-Ylang
- Violet
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening arrives crisp and green—galbanum cutting through bergamot with an assertive, almost metallic clarity. This isn't the polite greenness of lawn florals but something sharper, more architectural. Within minutes, jasmine unfolds against a cool orris backdrop, the floral heart tempered by violet's powdery restraint and ylang-ylang's creamy depth. The effect is less explosion than controlled bloom.
What distinguishes this from typical white florals is the oakmoss and vetiver base, which anchors the composition in classic chypre territory. The jasmine never floats free—it's grounded, earthbound, given structure by vetiver's dry roots and patchouli's shadowy presence. The moss reads more as texture than scent, a felted quality that mutes the flowers' brightness.
This suits someone drawn to florals but resistant to their usual sweetness, preferring them austere and tailored. It belongs to an older perfumery grammar, pre-reformulation era, when oakmoss could still speak at full volume.
Scent twins
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