Frescaessenza
Frescaessenza earns its name: the opening is sharp and clean, with lime and petitgrain delivering a crisp, woody citrus sharpened by a kick of pink pepper.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 2 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.
- Iris85
- Rose45
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Pink Pepper
- Lime
- Iris Powder
- Iris
- May Rose
By the editors · 2 min readFrescaessenza earns its name: the opening is sharp and clean, with lime and petitgrain delivering a crisp, woody citrus sharpened by a kick of pink pepper. The spice is quiet — more of an edge than a statement — and gives the citrus some lift before it fades.
The iris in the heart is the fragrance's real center of gravity. Iris powder and May rose together read cool and slightly metallic, a pale floral combination that resists being prettified. Sandalwood and cedar wrap the base in a dry, clean warmth, with white musk keeping everything light. A reserved, well-mannered composition suited to temperate days and office environments.
Scent twins
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