Wild Bluebell
The opening strikes a peculiar balance—clove's aromatic warmth meeting something unexpectedly green and dewy, as if crushed stems rather than petals.
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.
- Musky55
- Aquatic50
- Sweet50
- Powdery
The note pyramid
- Clove
- Peach
- Musk
- Jasmine
- Amber
- Lily of the Valley
- Orange Blossom
- Clove
- Lemon
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening strikes a peculiar balance—clove's aromatic warmth meeting something unexpectedly green and dewy, as if crushed stems rather than petals. This isn't the syrupy floral you might anticipate from the name. Instead, there's a delicate savouriness, almost herbal, that keeps the composition from turning sweet.
As it settles, a soft peach accord emerges, rounding out the sharper edges without dominating. The fruit reads more skin-like than edible, blending into a clean musk base that feels scrubbed and airy. The clove never fully disappears, lending a faint, peppery backbone throughout.
This is bluebell as idea rather than literal recreation—springtime captured in its cooler, more restrained mood. It works for those who want something quietly present, appropriate for close quarters or warmer weather, and prefer their florals tempered with something less obviously pretty.
Scent twins
In this family
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