Éclats Précieux 2016
The premise of Éclats Précieux is familiar — Turkish rose anchored by tonka and patchouli — but the rhubarb and mandarin top notes give it a slightly astringent opening that delays the sweetness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 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.
- Rose60
- Fresh50
- Aromatic50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Rhubarb
- Mandarin Orange
- Hyacinth
- Rose
- Tonka Bean
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readThe premise of Éclats Précieux is familiar — Turkish rose anchored by tonka and patchouli — but the rhubarb and mandarin top notes give it a slightly astringent opening that delays the sweetness. Rhubarb lands as neither fruit nor vegetable but something tart and green-edged, tempering the mandarin's warmth.
Hyacinth joins the rose in the heart, adding a watery, slightly soapy note that gives the floral core an unexpected crispness. The base resolves into a conventional warm-soft accord of tonka and patchouli, well-proportioned and well-behaved. A measured feminine that prioritizes wearability over distinction.
Scent twins
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