Shalimar Millésime Vanilla Planifolia 2021
Shalimar Millésime Vanilla Planifolia opens with bergamot cut through by almond, a combination that reads as slightly cocktail-like — citrus above, creamy sweetness below — before the heart takes over.
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.
- Vanilla90
- Amber55
- Soft Spicy50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Almond
- Bergamot
- Rose Absolute
- Vanilla Tincture
- Ethyl Vanilline
By the editors · 2 min readShalimar Millésime Vanilla Planifolia opens with bergamot cut through by almond, a combination that reads as slightly cocktail-like — citrus above, creamy sweetness below — before the heart takes over. That heart is built almost entirely from vanilla in its various forms: vanilla tincture, ethyl vanilline, and rose absolute, layered to distinguish between the bright synthetic and the rounder natural expressions of the same material. The base adds opopanax and musks, deepening the resinous quality without bitterness. This is a rich, single-minded fragrance for vanilla devotees: concentrated, long-lasting, and unwilling to pass unnoticed in a room. Works best in cold weather; too dense for summer heat.
Scent twins
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