SpellBound Estée Lauder
SpellBound opens with a burst of orchard fruit and bright citrus that quickly gives way to its true nature: a densely packed white floral heart anchored by tuberose and orange blossom.
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.
- Tuberose80
- Sandalwood75
- Jasmine65
- Amber65
- Musk60
By the editors · 2 min readSpellBound opens with a burst of orchard fruit and bright citrus that quickly gives way to its true nature: a densely packed white floral heart anchored by tuberose and orange blossom. The lily of the valley suggested at the start fades almost immediately, making room for a heavier, more opulent core. Cardamom adds a thread of spice that keeps the florals from becoming overtly sweet, though the apricot note lingers faintly, rounding edges.
The base is thick with classic orientalist materials—opoponax and benzoin create a resinous warmth, while sandalwood and amber add body without sharp woody edges. Civet gives it a vintage, slightly animalic pulse that dates the perfume squarely to the early nineties, when such compositions were more common in department stores.
This is a big, enveloping fragrance built for presence. It suits those who want something lush and unapologetic, a style that now feels almost out of time, constructed before minimalism became the fashion house default.
