Citrus | 08
Grapefruit slices open with a bitter-juice snap that bergamot softens into a metallic-cool zest, both notes riding a quiet pink-pepper sparkle that keeps the top brisk rather than sweet.
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
- Musky60
- Sweet50
- Floral
The note pyramid
- Tonka Bean
- Oakmoss
- Pink Pepper
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readGrapefruit slices open with a bitter-juice snap that bergamot softens into a metallic-cool zest, both notes riding a quiet pink-pepper sparkle that keeps the top brisk rather than sweet. Tonka bean enters early, folding the citrus oils into a faintly almond, hay-like cream that mutes the brightness without adding sugar. Oakmoss threads through this cream, giving a dry, earthy tug that stops the composition from turning fluffy and anchors the scent in green-mineral territory. Clean white musk dominates the dry-down, washing away most of the moss and leaving a skin-close veil that still carries a ghost of grapefruit peel and the faintest dust of tonka. Projection stays arm-length for three hours, then collapses to skin, making it an easy daytime refresher for warm weather when you want citrus without syrup.
Scent twins
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