Sillage.art
Lancôme · Est. 2005

Hypnose

Hypnose opens with a smooth, pillowy sweetness that never tips into confection—there's a gauzy quality to the florals that suggests petals dusted with vanilla rather than syrup.

ConcentrationFragrance
Forunisex
Released2005
Statusenriched
2005 · Fragrance
jas·van·vet·mus
Rating
3.9
14.1k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 5 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.

  • Jasmine
    80
  • Vanilla
    60
  • Vetiver
    50
  • Musk
    40
  • Iris Powder
    30

By the editors · 2 min readHypnose opens with a smooth, pillowy sweetness that never tips into confection—there's a gauzy quality to the florals that suggests petals dusted with vanilla rather than syrup. The gardenia and jasmine arrive as one lush, creamy wave, their indolic edges softened and rounded until they feel almost touchable, like fabric rather than flowers.

As it settles, the vetiver introduces a subtle smokiness that grounds the composition without cutting through its softness. This isn't sharp or earthy vetiver; it's been smoothed into the base like powder pressed into silk. The result feels both cozy and quietly seductive, more bedroom than boardroom.

This is fragrance as second skin for someone who wants presence without projection, intimacy without confrontation. It wears close, warm, and forgiving—a choice for evenings when you want to be remembered without being announced.

Filed: LancômeSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap