Shalimar Souffle de Parfum 2016
Bergamot and lemon open with a clean, slightly fizzy brightness that settles quickly into something softer.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- White Floral50
- Sweet50
- Vanilla50
- Powdery
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Orange Blossom
- White Musk
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot and lemon open with a clean, slightly fizzy brightness that settles quickly into something softer. The citrus here feels deliberate rather than sharp — a controlled freshness that transitions smoothly into orange blossom.
The orange blossom heart is gauzy rather than heady, leaning more toward soapy white petals than anything rich or indolic. It reads light and transparent, with the musk underneath keeping things close to the skin.
The base is minimal — white musk alone, uncluttered. The overall effect is a sheer floral skin scent, closer to a softened eau fraîche than a full floral. Best suited to warm weather and casual settings where subtlety is the point.
Scent twins
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