Putain des Palaces
The opening is a powdery slap of violet leaf and lipstick iris, instantly evoking the vanity table of a woman who knows exactly what she's doing.
The scent fingerprint
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.
- Powdery95
- Iris85
- Balsamic65
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Ginger
- Raspberry
- Iris
- Tonka Bean
- Sandalwood
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is a powdery slap of violet leaf and lipstick iris, instantly evoking the vanity table of a woman who knows exactly what she's doing. There's a metallic coolness to it, like pressing your face against silk wallpaper in a grand hotel corridor. The violet reads more cosmetic than floral—compact powder, not garden bloom.
As it settles, balsamic warmth from benzoin and labdanum wraps around that violet-iris core without ever softening its deliberate artifice. The effect remains stylized, a portrait rather than a photograph. There's something both vintage and confrontational about it, referencing classic makeup florals while maintaining the house's characteristic irreverence.
This is perfume as persona—theatrical, unapologetic, and decidedly not designed to blend into wallpaper. It suits those who appreciate vintage cosmetic accords and aren't afraid of projection.
Scent twins
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