Rainy City
Lemon and bergamot peel open brisk, almost effervescent, the citric edge kept dry rather than juicy by the absence of sweet modifiers.
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The scent fingerprint
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.
- Citrus70
- Woody60
- Smoky40
- Musky
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Guaiac Wood
- Cedar
- Vetiver
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readLemon and bergamot peel open brisk, almost effervescent, the citric edge kept dry rather than juicy by the absence of sweet modifiers. Guaiac and cedar arrive early, their cool, pencil-shaving woodiness tightening the citrus into something quietly smoky, like rain hitting warm pavement. Vetiver stretches that smoked-wood effect into the base, adding a rooty, slightly bitter greenness that keeps the musk from turning plush; instead the finish feels like damp concrete once the storm passes. Projection stays within conversational range for four hours, then collapses to a cedar-vetiver skin shimmer that lingers through a workday. Office-safe in spring and fall, it behaves like a crisp white shirt—neutrally clean, never loud.
Scent twins
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