Anonymity Filigree & Shadow 1996 Huile de Parfum
Grapefruit and bergamot open with a clean, slightly tart brightness that fades quickly into the heart.
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.
- White Floral90
- Floral60
- Sweet50
- Powdery
The note pyramid
- Rosemary
- Orange
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Gardenia
- Violet Leaf
- Lavender
By the editors · 2 min readGrapefruit and bergamot open with a clean, slightly tart brightness that fades quickly into the heart. There, gardenia, magnolia, neroli, jasmine, and lily of the valley overlap into a dense white floral cluster — rich but not heavy, with neroli lending a faintly green-citrus lift that prevents the arrangement from turning cloying.
Ambergris in the base gives the dry-down a warm, slightly saline depth that anchors the florals without smothering them. The oil format slows diffusion considerably, keeping everything close to skin. The overall effect is a sun-warmed bouquet with a subtle animalic undertone from the ambergris, lasting quietly through the day.
Scent twins
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