Illicit Flower
Illicit Flower opens with freesia and apricot — the slightly lemony flower and soft stone-fruit produce an impression of freshness without acidity.
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.
- Musk70
- Vanilla60
- Sandalwood50
- Jasmine50
- Rose50
By the editors · 2 min readIllicit Flower opens with freesia and apricot — the slightly lemony flower and soft stone-fruit produce an impression of freshness without acidity. The freesia here is light and slightly green, the apricot more hint than headline.
The heart expands the fruit into pear, introduces jasmine and rose, and revisits freesia. There's an easy, undemanding quality — familiar ingredients assembled with competence. The pear adds a watery sweetness that links the apricot to the florals.
Sandalwood, benzoin, vanilla, and cashmeran form a creamy, skin-warm base that anchors the light florals without competing. Cashmeran here functions as a smooth, slightly woody-ambery haze rather than a distinct accord. An accessible, well-made fruity-floral that does its job without pretension.
