Dewy Lily of the Valley & Star Anise
Star anise provides a warm, licorice-like spice that contrasts with magnolia’s creamy, citrus-tinted floral opening.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy50
- Herbal50
- White Floral
The note pyramid
- Magnolia
- Star Anise
- Lily of the Valley
- Peony
- White Musk
By the editors · 2 min readStar anise provides a warm, licorice-like spice that contrasts with magnolia’s creamy, citrus-tinted floral opening. Lily of the valley emerges quickly, its dewy green floral character enhanced by peony’s soft, rosy sweetness. This creates a bright, spring-like bouquet that feels fresh and slightly aquatic. Ylang-ylang in the base adds a tropical floral depth that blends with sandalwood’s mild woodiness. White musk anchors the dry-down, ensuring a clean, skin-close trail that persists for several hours. Projection is intimate from the start, making it suitable for close encounters and daytime wear. The overall effect is a cheerful, linear floral with a subtle spicy twist, best enjoyed in warm weather.
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.
