Elisabethan Rose Vintage
Aldehydes open with a sharp metallic snap before warmth arrives — the characteristic signature of mid-century florals in their first seconds.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 2 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.
- Rose80
- Amber65
The note pyramid
- Aldehydes
- Geranium
- Chamomile
- Violet
- Rose
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readAldehydes open with a sharp metallic snap before warmth arrives — the characteristic signature of mid-century florals in their first seconds. Geranium adds a herbaceous, faintly rosy green counterpoint that keeps the opening from going purely soapy. The rose at the centre is crystalline rather than full-blown, and chamomile contributes a dry hay-like softness, while violet adds powdery depth without muddying the clarity. The amber and sandalwood base reads more as warmth than wood — understated, slightly fuzzy. This 1984 Michael Pickthall composition wears its period quality as confidence rather than nostalgia.
Scent twins
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