Passion
Passion opens with a dissonance: tuberose's rich creaminess colliding with the green, almost bitter edge of tomato leaf.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 5 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.
- Tuberose70
- Jasmine65
- Oakmoss55
- Patchouli50
- Vanilla40
By the editors · 2 min readPassion opens with a dissonance: tuberose's rich creaminess colliding with the green, almost bitter edge of tomato leaf. The effect is vivid — the soft opulence of white flowers interrupted by something sharp and vegetal, a reminder that these blooms come from a living plant.
In the heart, jasmine and ylang-ylang compound the floral density. The ylang's banana-creamy character softens the indolic edge of the jasmine, while vanilla begins to pull the composition toward warmth. The base is a classic chypre resolution — oakmoss and patchouli provide an earthy, slightly fermented depth that anchors the florals without overwhelming them. A period piece in the best sense: opulent, structured, and unapologetically dense.
