Luna Penhaligon's
Luna opens with a tart brightness—bergamot and lemon cut through the air like a clean knife, bracing but never harsh.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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.
- Jasmine75
- Rose70
- Bergamot65
- Musk60
- Lemon55
By the editors · 2 min readLuna opens with a tart brightness—bergamot and lemon cut through the air like a clean knife, bracing but never harsh. The citrus doesn't linger long before jasmine begins to emerge, soft and nocturnal, joined by rose that stays sheer rather than syrupy. This is moonlight florals, not hothouse blooms.
The ambergris in the base gives the composition a saline, skin-like quality, something almost tidal underneath all that white petals. Musk rounds it out without sweetness, keeping the whole thing luminous and cool. It wears close, fading in and out like something half-remembered.
Luna works best on those who want florals that don't announce themselves from across a room. It's intimate without being cloying, elegant without feeling stiff—a polite evening fragrance that doesn't try too hard.
