Polvere d'Iris
Galbanum introduces a sharp, green, and almost bitter opening that feels crisp and slightly medicinal.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Smoky60
- Aromatic50
- Balsamic50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Galbanum
- Incense
- Orange Blossom
- White Musk
- Madagascar Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min readGalbanum introduces a sharp, green, and almost bitter opening that feels crisp and slightly medicinal. Incense rises quickly, imparting a smoky, church-like quality that is both austere and meditative. Orange blossom softens the heart with a delicate, honeyed floralcy that contrasts with the incense's arid character. White musk and vanilla in the base provide a soft, creamy, and subtly sweet foundation that gently rounds out the composition. The scent transitions from a green-smoky opening to a powdery, musky, and vanillic dry-down that feels serene and skin-close. Projection is intimate from the start, with longevity lasting several hours, suited for contemplative moments in cool or temperate seasons.
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.
