Belle De Paris
Belle de Paris opens with pear — that watery, faintly metallic green-fruit accord that's done a lot of work in modern feminines — softened immediately by neroli's white-flower bitter freshness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Iris60
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Pear
- Neroli
- Incense
- Frankincense
- Iris
- Violet
By the editors · 2 min readBelle de Paris opens with pear — that watery, faintly metallic green-fruit accord that's done a lot of work in modern feminines — softened immediately by neroli's white-flower bitter freshness. The combination reads cool and a little melancholic, more grey morning than spring afternoon.
The heart is the surprise: incense and frankincense thread through iris and violet, lending a churchy, restrained smokiness rather than the powdery floral the openers might have predicted. Iris stays slightly chilly, violet adds a candied edge, and the resin keeps the whole thing serious. The base is just musk — a quiet, clean drydown that lets the heart breathe. It wears thoughtful and intimate, the kind of perfume that suits cool weather, indoor light, and unhurried company.
Scent twins
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