Flower by Kenzo
The sheer force of Bulgarian rose hits like a cool breeze off water—green, dewy, nearly transparent at first, then deepening with the plummy sweetness of black currant.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Rose95
- Floral65
- Musky55
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Bulgarian Rose
- Black Currant
- Jasmine
- Opoponax
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readThe sheer force of Bulgarian rose hits like a cool breeze off water—green, dewy, nearly transparent at first, then deepening with the plummy sweetness of black currant. This isn't a soliflore studying one bloom under glass. It's a rose standing in daylight, alive and trembling, with jasmine threading through to amplify its brightness rather than soften it.
As it warms, opoponax introduces a balsamic weight, a hint of resin that keeps the florals from floating away entirely. The incense never dominates but smokes gently beneath, adding shadow to all that luminosity. White musk and vanilla in the base feel more structural than sweet, a pale framework that holds the composition upright.
This is rose for people who suspect they don't like rose—modern, clean-lined, unapologetic about being pretty without tipping into nostalgia or powder. It wears close and light, a second skin rather than a statement.
Scent twins
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