Fleur d'Orchidee
Fleur d'Orchidée opens with a neroli and grapefruit accord that is bright and slightly bitter — clean white-floral citrus rather than anything heavy.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 3 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.
- Patchouli45
- Vanilla30
- Amber15
The note pyramid
- Neroli
- Grapefruit
- Pink Pepper
- Tonka Bean
- Cedar
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readFleur d'Orchidée opens with a neroli and grapefruit accord that is bright and slightly bitter — clean white-floral citrus rather than anything heavy. Pink pepper in the heart adds a gentle flush of warmth without real heat, a technique that has become a shorthand for the modern feminine floral; here it serves its purpose efficiently, providing textural contrast to the softness of the florals it frames.
The base settles into cedar, patchouli, and tonka bean — a light, faintly sweet woody foundation that anchors the composition without overwhelming it. Fleur d'Orchidée is an accessible, well-proportioned modern floral from Karl Lagerfeld's commercial line: not challenging, but well-executed and pleasant to wear.
Scent twins
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