So Blue
Lemon and bergamot open So Blue with a clean, precise citrus — bright and brief, working as a vehicle for what follows rather than a statement of its own.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 16 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.
- Woody65
- Fresh50
- Aromatic50
- Aquatic
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Bulgarian Rose
- Patchouli
- Violet
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readLemon and bergamot open So Blue with a clean, precise citrus — bright and brief, working as a vehicle for what follows rather than a statement of its own.
The heart is where the composition asserts character. Bulgarian rose and violet form a dense floral pairing — the rose is warm and full, the violet adds a cool, powdery counterpoint; patchouli underneath introduces an earthy, slightly dark quality that prevents the florals from reading too feminine. It's a confident middle act.
The base is deep and doubled: sandalwood and Mysore sandalwood together create a rich, multilayered creaminess; oakmoss adds structure and a green-earthy depth; amber and vanilla warm the drydown without sweetening it excessively. So Blue is more complex and durable than most houses producing at this price point.
Scent twins
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