Mauboussin l'Elixir pour Elle
Gardenia dominates the opening, its creamy white petals fleshed out by jasmine’s greener indole edge and a soft, lemon-tinged rose that keeps the bouquet from turning syrupy.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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.
- White Floral80
- Vanilla70
- Amber70
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Gardenia
- Jasmine
- Rose
- Tonka Bean
- Benzoin
- Amber
- Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min readGardenia dominates the opening, its creamy white petals fleshed out by jasmine’s greener indole edge and a soft, lemon-tinged rose that keeps the bouquet from turning syrupy. The heart quickly folds in plush vanillin, warm benzoin and a toasted tonka that melt the florals into a caramel-amber panela, while a wisp of balsamic resin holds the sweetness in check. As skin heat rises the white petals recede, letting creamy sandalwood and a clean, slightly earthy patchouli steer the scent toward a velvety, musk-laden dry-down that smells like warm skin and sun-baked linen. Projection stays within personal space for six to seven hours, making it an easy cool-weather companion for office or coffee dates.
Scent twins
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