Une Folie de Rose
Une Folie de Rose opens with a brief flash of bergamot before plunging headlong into Bulgarian rose—not polite or powdered, but full-throated and slightly green.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 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.
- Rose100
- Oakmoss80
- Patchouli70
- Jasmine60
- Vetiver60
By the editors · 2 min readUne Folie de Rose opens with a brief flash of bergamot before plunging headlong into Bulgarian rose—not polite or powdered, but full-throated and slightly green. The rose dominates but never feels solitary; jasmine and ylang-ylang add a creamy, narcotic sweetness while iris lends a cool, almost metallic edge that keeps the florals from becoming too lush.
As it settles, the base reveals its vintage bones. Oakmoss and patchouli provide an earthy, forested darkness that grounds the rose in classic chypre territory, while sandalwood and benzoin soften the mossy grip with warmth. Vetiver adds a dry, rooty quality that reinforces the impression of something dug from rich soil rather than arranged in a vase.
This is rose for those who want substance and shadow alongside the bloom—less bouquet, more hothouse at dusk. It wears with a certain unapologetic intensity that feels increasingly rare in contemporary rose fragrances.
