Lipstick On
Lipstick On is a precise exercise in olfactory memory: the smell of classic lipstick, specifically the powdery-waxy-floral quality of mid-century cosmetics.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Powdery75
- Iris65
- Aromatic50
- Violet
The note pyramid
- Neroli
- Heliotrope
- Bergamot
- Orange Blossom
- Galbanum
- Iris
By the editors · 2 min readLipstick On is a precise exercise in olfactory memory: the smell of classic lipstick, specifically the powdery-waxy-floral quality of mid-century cosmetics. The combination responsible is heliotrope and iris — heliotrope's almond-cherry powder meeting iris's cool, chalky root character — and both notes deliver exactly what the fragrance is named for. Neroli and bergamot open with citrus-floral brightness, orange blossom joining in the heart alongside galbanum's green, slightly sharp quality that cuts through the potential sweetness. Tonka and patchouli in the base warm and earth everything, keeping the cosmetic quality from becoming purely abstract. A successful memory translation — you know what you're smelling immediately.
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.
