Sun Shake
Bergamot flashes first, a sharp citrus peel that quickly folds into heliotrope’s marzipan cream.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 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.
- Citrus70
- Lactonic60
- Almond50
- Floral
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Heliotrope
- Musk
- Heliotrope
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Mandarin
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot flashes first, a sharp citrus peel that quickly folds into heliotrope’s marzipan cream. The grapefruit and mandarin stay tucked inside the citrus layer, adding quiet pulp sweetness that keeps the almond facet of heliotrope from turning powdery. As the top effervesces, musk slips in early, carrying a clean skin-wash aura that flattens the composition rather than anchoring it. Mid-stage is a soft blur where the nutty-lactonic heliotrope dominates, projecting like chilled horchata over faint citrus ghosts. Dry-down is gentle musk with a trace of sweet almond husk, staying close and laundry-fresh. Projection sits at arm’s length for three hours, then becomes a skin whisper perfect for post-gym errands or weekend brunch under strong sun. The scent is linear enough that reapplication feels like pressing refresh rather than layering.
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.
