Verveine Cactus
Lemon and grapefruit crash together in a bright, slightly bitter citrus burst that feels like crushed leaves still dripping with morning dew.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 4 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.
- Citrus90
- Fresh70
- White Floral60
- Musky
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
- Neroli
- Petitgrain
- Orange Blossom
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readLemon and grapefruit crash together in a bright, slightly bitter citrus burst that feels like crushed leaves still dripping with morning dew. Neroli slips in almost immediately, softening the sharp edges with a honeyed orange-flower wateriness that keeps the composition translucent rather than candied. Petitgrain and orange blossom carry that limpid citrus-floral current into the base, where a clean white musk adds a soap-like lift rather than any heavy anchor. The whole structure stays weightless, shifting from sparkling top to watery heart to whisper-light base within two hours. Projection stays close, a skin-hugging veil perfect for steamy summer days when anything louder would feel oppressive. Expect frequent reapplication; longevity barely crosses the three-hour mark before the scent folds into a faint neroli-musk skin trace.
Scent twins
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