Empyreal
Plum opens Empyreal with a dark, jammy sweetness that sits almost boozy on skin, leaning into the note-prior’s rum accord without ever naming it.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody50
- Sweet50
- Vanilla
The note pyramid
- Plum
- Tonka Bean
- Suede
- Guaiac Wood
By the editors · 2 min readPlum opens Empyreal with a dark, jammy sweetness that sits almost boozy on skin, leaning into the note-prior’s rum accord without ever naming it. Tonka bean arrives within minutes, dusting the fruit with soft vanillic hay and a faint almond edge that keeps the sweetness from turning syrupy. Suede slips underneath, a matte leather that blurs the contrast between candied top and creamy heart, creating a smooth, continuous texture rather than a sharp pyramid break. As the hours pass, guaiac wood brings a dry, slightly smoky pencil-shaving wood that absorbs the remaining sugar and leaves a muted, skin-close haze. Projection stays polite—arm’s-length at best—making the scent better for quiet fall evenings or layered under heavier leathers when you want plum to peek through rather than lead.
Scent twins
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