Bora Bora
Bora Bora opens with iris — a cool, starchy note that plays against the tropical premise in an effective way, suggesting not the island itself but the traveler's first impression: clear air before the humid warmth sets in.
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.
- Tuberose60
- Fresh50
- White Floral50
- Aquatic
The note pyramid
- Iris
- Tuberose
- Jasmine
- Orange Blossom
- Ginger
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readBora Bora opens with iris — a cool, starchy note that plays against the tropical premise in an effective way, suggesting not the island itself but the traveler's first impression: clear air before the humid warmth sets in. It is an unusual single-note opening that primes the composition for the contrast to follow.
The heart delivers the tropical promise: tuberose's creamy sweetness, jasmine's honeyed depth, and orange blossom's sun-warm presence arrive together as a lush white floral accord. These three notes are classic tropical-floral territory, presented without apology or complication.
Ginger in the base adds a dry, spiced warmth that gives the composition a slightly unexpected lift before sandalwood closes with woody softness. The ginger prevents the base from becoming a standard floral drydown — it adds personality and a faint heat that keeps Bora Bora worth following to the finish.
Scent twins
In this family
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