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Violet opens with a sweet powdery floral character that immediately establishes a soft texture.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 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.
- Woody50
- Iris50
- Animalic50
- Violet
The note pyramid
- Violet
- Iris
- Sandalwood
- Leather
- Oud
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min readViolet opens with a sweet powdery floral character that immediately establishes a soft texture. Iris intensifies the powdery earthiness, creating a dense floral heart that feels both delicate and substantial. Sandalwood provides creamy warmth while leather adds a dry rugged contrast to the powdery florals. Oud contributes a woody depth with slight animalic complexity, supported by amber's resinous glow and cedar's dry woodiness. The composition evolves from powdery floral to a complex woody leather dry-down with excellent longevity. Projection remains intimate but persistent, making it suitable for evening wear in cooler seasons.
Scent twins
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