Neroli 36
Neroli 36 opens with a sharp citric brightness—orange blossom and neroli laced with mandarin—that feels more medicinal than sweet, closer to crushed petals and green stems than syrup.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Orange30
- Jasmine25
- Tonka20
- Rose20
- Vanilla20
By the editors · 2 min readNeroli 36 opens with a sharp citric brightness—orange blossom and neroli laced with mandarin—that feels more medicinal than sweet, closer to crushed petals and green stems than syrup. The initial impression is clean and slightly austere, almost soapy in the way certain white florals can be when they're rendered without much softness.
As it settles, jasmine and rose emerge but remain remarkably restrained, folded into the composition rather than blooming outward. The base introduces tonka bean and vanilla, which lend a faint powdery warmth without veering into gourmand territory. There's musk underneath, providing body without much animalic presence.
The result is a white floral fragrance stripped of excessive decoration—linear, functional, and oddly utilitarian. It wears close to the skin and tends toward the androgynous. Suitable for those who want florals without drama, or neroli without the usual sunny cheerfulness.