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Estée Lauder · Est. 2011

Sensuous Nude

**Sensuous Nude** opens with a whisper of pepper—just enough spice to lift the blend without announcing itself—alongside a subtle bergamot brightness that fades almost immediately.

ConcentrationFragrance
Forunisex
Released2011
Statusenriched
Sensuous Nude — Estée Lauder
2011 · Fragrance
mus·san·van·jas
Rating
3.9
3.2k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 9 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.

  • Musk
    70
  • Sandalwood
    65
  • Vanilla
    55
  • Jasmine
    50
  • Amber
    45

By the editors · 2 min read**Sensuous Nude** opens with a whisper of pepper—just enough spice to lift the blend without announcing itself—alongside a subtle bergamot brightness that fades almost immediately. What remains is softer than its predecessor, less overtly creamy, pulling back the oriental intensity into something quieter and closer to skin.

The heart unfolds as a pale, honeyed jasmine wrapped in milky coconut and gentle musk. There's a lactonic sweetness here, almost like warm skin dusted with heliotrope powder, but it never tips into dessert territory. The lily of the valley adds a clean, soapy-floral transparency that keeps the composition from feeling too heavy or too sweet.

By the base, sandalwood and vanilla settle into a soft amber glow, muted and diffuse. This is the nude of its name—not bare skin exactly, but skin in soft focus, a second-skin warmth for those who want presence without projection. It suits quiet days and anyone drawn to polite, close-worn florals with a modern sandalwood backbone.

Filed: Estée LauderSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap