Sunwater
Ylang-ylang leads with a tropical, slightly rubbery sweetness, cut by bergamot and lemon that keep the opening from turning heavy.
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.
- Floral70
- Fresh50
- Aromatic50
- Yellow Floral
The note pyramid
- Ylang-Ylang
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Melon
- Jasmine
- Lily of the Valley
- Cardamom
By the editors · 2 min readYlang-ylang leads with a tropical, slightly rubbery sweetness, cut by bergamot and lemon that keep the opening from turning heavy. The combination reads summery and a little retro.
Melon and rose in the heart give a soft, watery-floral quality, with jasmine and lily of the valley adding white-floral support. Cardamom provides a subtle lift without pushing toward spice.
The base settles into sandalwood and amber over a quiet vanilla, with vetiver adding a thin dry thread. Ambergris contributes a smooth, slightly aquatic warmth. The overall character is a soft, feminine floral-amber with a dated shape — warm but not heavy, and relatively linear through the dry-down.
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.
