Classique X l'Eau
Neroli opens with a clean, soapy brightness that feels almost aquatic, setting an immediate fresh tone.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 5 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 Floral80
- Fresh70
- Citrus60
- Vanilla
The note pyramid
- Neroli
- Bergamot
- Orange Blossom
- Peony
- Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min readNeroli opens with a clean, soapy brightness that feels almost aquatic, setting an immediate fresh tone. Bergamot sharpens the edge, adding a metallic citrus snap that keeps the neroli from turning creamy. Orange blossom enters next, amplifying the white-floral core while peony softens the structure with a dewy, petal-like texture that blurs the lines between floral and fruit. The vanilla base stays light, never custardy, more like a sheer musk that anchors the white petals without adding weight. Dry-down stays close to skin, a soft, laundry-fresh veil that lingers for about five hours. Projection remains polite, perfect for office or humid summer days when you want comfort without sugar.
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.