So Iris Intense
The iris in So Iris Intense appears almost immediately, powdery and slightly metallic, like the rhizome itself rather than the flower.
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.
- Iris85
- Powdery75
- Woody50
- Violet
By the editors · 2 min readThe iris in So Iris Intense appears almost immediately, powdery and slightly metallic, like the rhizome itself rather than the flower. It's dry and cool, with a faint mineral edge that keeps it from feeling too soft. As it settles, a whisper of rose emerges—not sweet or jammy, but transparent, adding a floral frame without softening the iris's natural austerity.
What develops is less "intense" in volume than in concentration. The composition stays close, focused entirely on iris with minimal distraction. There's a suggestion of violet leaf's cucumber-green coolness and a clean musk underneath that gives it modern wearability without turning soapy.
This is iris for people who actually like iris—the earthy, root-cellar side of it, not sanitized powder. It wears well in warm weather despite its density, and suits anyone drawn to restrained, almost severe florals that don't announce themselves across a room.
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.
