The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Woody75
- Floral70
- Citrus70
- Mossy
The note pyramid
- Violet Leaf
- Neroli
- Lemon
- Freesia
- Osmanthus
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
By the editors · 2 min readLa Perla opens with a bright citrus flourish tempered by freesia's soapy-green softness and osmanthus lending an apricot-skin sweetness. It's immediately polished, reminiscent of the tailored femininity that defined late-eighties perfumery, but less bombastic than many of its peers.
The heart brings a creamy white floral bouquet—jasmine and ylang-ylang smoothed by lily of the valley's transparent coolness. Honey and cardamom add unusual warmth and subtle spice, keeping the florals from turning powdery or wan. There's a richness here that feels deliberately restrained, almost whispered rather than announced.
The base settles into classic chypre territory with oakmoss and patchouli grounding sandalwood and vetiver, while incense, benzoin, and amber provide resinous depth. The musk gives everything a soft-focus finish. This is a perfume that knows its lineage—structured, elegant, built for someone who appreciates formality without stiffness. It feels like silk lingerie worn under a wool suit: private luxury beneath composed exteriors.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
