Villa Sorrento
Blood orange bursts first, its red-pulp sweetness pushing against lemon's sharper edge while grapefruit keeps the top bright and slightly bitter.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- White Floral70
- Fresh60
- Aromatic50
- Green
The note pyramid
- Blood Orange
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
- Petitgrain
- Neroli
- Orange Blossom
By the editors · 2 min readBlood orange bursts first, its red-pulp sweetness pushing against lemon's sharper edge while grapefruit keeps the top bright and slightly bitter. Petitgrain steps in immediately, its green-twig facet drying the citrus and preparing the bridge to neroli and orange blossom; together they form a single, honeyed-white bloom that feels more leaf than petal. Ambergris arrives early, lending a cool, brackish salt that steadies the floral-citrus swirl and prevents it from tipping into marmalade. The musks in the base stay clean and light, extending the white blossom aura rather than adding weight, so the scent hovers just above the skin like evaporated zest. Projection stays within arm's length for about five hours, ideal for warm spring mornings or linen-draped travel days.
Scent twins
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