Be
Be opens with the sharpness of ginger and lime — brief, citrus-forward, with a slight bite that clears quickly.
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.
- White Floral50
- Nutty50
- Sweet50
- Floral
The note pyramid
- Ginger
- Lime
- Jasmine
- Orange Blossom
- Amber
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readBe opens with the sharpness of ginger and lime — brief, citrus-forward, with a slight bite that clears quickly. The transition to jasmine and orange blossom is smooth; the floral heart reads as clean rather than heady, the two white florals keeping each other in check. Cedar and amber in the base lend warmth without overwhelming the lightness established up top.
The result is an understated feminine oriental that wears close to the skin — less grand statement than quiet finish. It works best in warmer months when the citrus opener reads as fresh rather than bracing, and suits occasions that call for presence without announcement.
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.
