Jour de Fête
Jour de Fête opens with a rush of crisp green apple and flowering hawthorn, bright and almost sparkling, like sunlight through spring leaves.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 16 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.
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By the editors · 2 min readJour de Fête opens with a rush of crisp green apple and flowering hawthorn, bright and almost sparkling, like sunlight through spring leaves. There's an immediate freshness that feels both natural and slightly sweetened, as though someone scattered petals across a wooden table still damp from morning dew. The apple never veers into candy territory but maintains a tart, skin-on quality that keeps the composition grounded.
As it settles, a soft hay note emerges, lending warmth and texture without heaviness. The florals recede into a gentle haze, more atmospheric than distinct, while something faintly honeyed appears in the background. The overall effect is pastoral and fleeting, like a village celebration glimpsed from a distance—cheerful without being loud, sweet without being cloying.
This suits someone drawn to delicate, nature-inspired fragrances that don't announce themselves. It feels informal, almost nostalgic, best worn when seeking lightness rather than presence.
Scent twins
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