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Lemon opens cleanly, providing a crisp citrus entry without the cloying sweetness often attached to the note.
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
- Aromatic50
- White Floral50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Lily of the Valley
- Freesia
- White Musk
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readLemon opens cleanly, providing a crisp citrus entry without the cloying sweetness often attached to the note. It dissipates quickly, allowing lily of the valley and freesia to surface — both are rendered with a breezy, slightly dewy green-floral quality that feels transparent rather than lush.
Sandalwood keeps the base gentle and warm, while white musk ensures a soft skin-close finish. This is a compact, clean-lined composition that prioritises clarity over development. Complexity is low by design — the scent moves from citrus to white-floral to musky in a short arc and stays there. It wears close to the skin and suits warmer months with restrained everyday use.
Scent twins
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