Hanae Mori
The opening is instantly recognizable: a trio of red and black berries that smell plush, almost candied, but never shrill.
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.
- Peach70
- Jasmine65
- Rose55
- Sandalwood45
- Cedar35
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is instantly recognizable: a trio of red and black berries that smell plush, almost candied, but never shrill. Strawberry leads with a juicy sweetness that's softened by the darker tannins of blackberry and cassis. It reads like a fruit compote, generous but not naive.
As it settles, white florals emerge with surprising weight. Jasmine and ylang-ylang bring a creamy, faintly indolic richness that anchors the berry sweetness, while rose and peony add petaled softness. The contrast between tart fruit and full-bodied flowers gives the composition its character: cheerful but grounded, never too young.
The sandalwood and cedar base is gentle, offering just enough structure to keep the perfume from turning ephemeral. This is a fragrance from the era when fruity florals still had substance, before the genre turned purely aqueous. It feels optimistic, approachable, and unapologetically feminine without reading as vintage.
