Vetiris
Petitgrain opens with a bitter-green snap that immediately frames the citrus trio of lime, lemon and bergamot in a dry, leafy haze rather than juicy sparkle.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Lime
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Sage
- Black Pepper
- Neroli
By the editors · 2 min readPetitgrain opens with a bitter-green snap that immediately frames the citrus trio of lime, lemon and bergamot in a dry, leafy haze rather than juicy sparkle. The heart layers clary sage and cardamom over neroli, creating an aromatic-herbal accord that mutes the flowers and pulls the scent toward a cool, slightly peppery woodland floor. Vetiver arrives early, threading its smoky rootiness through the herbs so that iris and nutmeg nutmeg never turn creamy; instead they add a muted, dusty wood impression that keeps the base angular. Mid-stage the pepper and clove warm the skin, lifting the composition just enough to stop it from feeling dour, while the citrus rind lingers as a ghost on clothes. Projection stays polite—an arm-length woody-citrus haze—making it an easy daytime option for spring through early fall when you want vetiver without gloom.
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.
