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.
- Powdery80
- Iris70
- Tuberose60
- Fresh
The note pyramid
- Tuberose
- Lily of the Valley
- Violet
- Magnolia
- Jasmine
- Iris
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readVjola announces itself with an immediate floral clarity—violet and lily of the valley arrive cool and almost transparent, while tuberose adds a faint creamy pulse beneath. The opening feels airy rather than dense, closer to spring garden than greenhouse heat. As it settles, the composition thickens gently into something rounder and more diffuse. Magnolia and iris bring a soft powderiness, while jasmine and rose blend without dominating, their edges smoothed into a seamless middle.
The drydown leans into a pale sweetness. Vanilla and heliotrope add warmth without heaviness—more almond-tinged comfort than dessert. The violet threads through from start to finish, tying the layers together with a subtle green-woody quality. The result is a polite, well-bred floral that wears close to the skin, never loud but always legible. It suits someone who prefers florals that feel composed rather than wild, formal without being cold.
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.
