Vanilla & Anise
The opening is a shock of licorice-bright anise tempered by neroli's bitter citrus—an unexpected pairing that reads both medicinal and festive.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Vanilla50
- Bergamot45
- Tonka40
- Jasmine40
- Tuberose35
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is a shock of licorice-bright anise tempered by neroli's bitter citrus—an unexpected pairing that reads both medicinal and festive. Fennel adds a green, herbal edge that keeps the spice from turning syrupy, while bergamot offers just enough lift to prevent heaviness in the first minutes.
As it settles, tuberose emerges with its creamy, mentholated richness, pushing against the anise rather than blending seamlessly. Clove adds warmth without dominating, and there's a subtle soapiness from the white florals that gives the composition an old-fashioned, almost apothecary-like quality. The vanilla arrives late and stays soft, more of a powdered sweetness than a gourmand statement.
This wears like a Victorian parlor filled with botanical oddities—neither fully floral nor straightforwardly gourmand, but somewhere in between. It suits those drawn to singular, slightly austere fragrances that refuse easy categorization.
