Shem - el- Nessim
Neroli and bergamot open with a clean, slightly soapy citrus-floral lift, the neroli green-petal fresh rather than honeyed.
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.
- Aromatic50
- Yellow Floral50
- White Floral50
- Rose
The note pyramid
- Neroli
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Ylang-Ylang
- Rose
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readNeroli and bergamot open with a clean, slightly soapy citrus-floral lift, the neroli green-petal fresh rather than honeyed. The opening reads classical and tidy.
A white-floral heart follows. Jasmine, ylang-ylang, and rose form a lush bouquet — jasmine indolic and creamy, ylang banana-warm, rose holding the structure. The middle is rich and traditional, garden-romantic rather than abstract or modern.
Sandalwood, vanilla, heliotrope, cedar, patchouli, and musk close it out plush and slightly powdered. Heliotrope lends an almond-marzipan softness, sandalwood creamy depth, vanilla a quiet warmth, and patchouli earthy grounding. The drydown is comforting without being heavy. A cool-weather floral with daytime brightness and evening warmth, well-balanced for romantic occasions.
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.
