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.
- Soft Spicy50
- Aquatic50
- Rose50
- Ozonic
The note pyramid
- Pear
- Violet Leaf
- Pink Pepper
- Iris
- Rose
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readPear and pink pepper create a crisp, slightly fruity-spicy opening that feels modern and bright. Violet leaf adds a green, dewy quality that enhances the freshness without being aquatic. Iris emerges as the dominant heart note, imparting a powdery, rooty texture that feels elegant and slightly earthy. Rose provides a soft floral support that complements the iris without overshadowing it. Cedar and musk in the base offer a dry, woody foundation that keeps the powderiness in check. The dry-down is a clean, musky-woody blend with persistent powdery florals. Evolution is subtle, moving from fresh-spicy to powdery-woody over three hours. Projection is moderate and intimate, best for spring and fall casual or work settings, lasting five to seven hours.
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.
