Donna
Neroli opens with a bright, soapy citrus that feels freshly peeled and slightly bitter.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- Fresh50
- White Floral50
- Floral50
- Citrus
The note pyramid
- Neroli
- Orange Blossom
- Jasmine
- Lily of the Valley
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readNeroli opens with a bright, soapy citrus that feels freshly peeled and slightly bitter. Orange blossom follows immediately, adding a honeyed white-floral lift that keeps the neroli from turning too sharp. Jasmine enters next, deepening the floral core with a slightly indolic creaminess while lily of the valley injects a dewy green edge that keeps the bouquet airy rather than dense. The white-floral accord stays crisp throughout, never tipping into heady territory. Sandalwood slowly warms the base, lending a dry creaminess that softens the florals without adding sweetness. Amber adds a subtle resinous glow in the dry-down, extending wear and giving the composition a skin-hugging radiance. Projection stays within arm’s length, making it office-safe yet present. Spring and early summer days are its natural habitat, especially for casual wear or daytime events.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.