Adele
Adele opens with a dazzling white-floral clarity—jasmine and May rose converging with osmanthus's apricot-suede undertone.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Tuberose100
- Floral90
- Rose70
- Yellow Floral
The note pyramid
- Jasmine
- Osmanthus
- May Rose
- Tuberose
- Narcissus
- Ambergris
By the editors · 2 min readAdele opens with a dazzling white-floral clarity—jasmine and May rose converging with osmanthus's apricot-suede undertone. The effect is immediate and unapologetic, a sunlit density that feels both classical and surprisingly modern in its lack of restraint.
As it settles, tuberose takes command, its rubbery, narcotic richness amplified by narcissus's green, almost metallic facets. This is not the soft-focus white floral of commercial femininity but something more theatrical, with sharper edges and greater opacity. The florals remain voluptuous without turning sweet.
Ambergris and cedar in the base provide just enough structure to keep the composition from drifting into pure indulgence. The woods feel restrained, more like a frame than a foundation. This is a fragrance for those who want presence without compromise—bold enough for evening, composed enough for daylight, and entirely comfortable with attention.
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.
