Shalimar Souffle de Parfum 2017
Lemon and bergamot open cleanly, giving a brief citrus flash before the floral heart takes over.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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
- Jasmine
- Orange Blossom
- White Musk
By the editors · 2 min readLemon and bergamot open cleanly, giving a brief citrus flash before the floral heart takes over. The transition is quick — within minutes, orange blossom and jasmine dominate, bringing an airy, white-floral character with a faint soapy quality.
The white musk base settles underneath without much resistance, amplifying the powdery softness of the florals rather than adding a distinct dry-down phase. There is not much complexity in the development — the citrus top and musk base largely serve the floral center.
The overall impression is light, clean, and easy to wear — sheer rather than rich, sitting close to skin. This functions best in warm weather when a transparent floral is the goal.
Scent twins
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