Tralala
Aldehydes break open first — a cool, fizzy brightness that feels deliberately vintage, like powdered cosmetics in a tortoiseshell compact.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Iris70
- Tuberose65
- Amber60
- Leather
The note pyramid
- Whisky
- Ambrette Seed
- Violet Leaf
- Aldehydes
- Saffron
- Galbanum
- Violet
By the editors · 2 min readAldehydes break open first — a cool, fizzy brightness that feels deliberately vintage, like powdered cosmetics in a tortoiseshell compact. Saffron and whisky slide in beneath, adding a boozy, faintly metallic warmth. The heart is dense: carnation and tuberose press close together, leather runs a dark seam through the florals, and incense gives it ceremonial gravity. Bertrand Duchaufour built something with the emotional weight of a retired showgirl's dressing room — layered, slightly melancholy, saturated with glamour that won't concede. The drydown settles into sweetened incense and soft vanilla without ever going simple. This is perfumery as theatre costume.
Scent twins
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