Vanitas
Vanitas opens with a dusting of myrrh that feels ancient and resinous, immediately grounded by sandalwood's creamy depth.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- Sandalwood80
- Vanilla70
- Incense35
- Orange15
- Amber15
By the editors · 2 min readVanitas opens with a dusting of myrrh that feels ancient and resinous, immediately grounded by sandalwood's creamy depth. The vanilla here isn't sweet confection but something denser, almost leathery, rubbed smooth by time. Orange blossom arrives as a pale ghost rather than a solar bloom—waxy petals pressed between pages, their indolic edge barely perceptible beneath the resin.
As it settles, the composition reveals itself as a study in restraint. The vanilla and sandalwood fuse into something simultaneously soft and substantial, like polished wood warmed by skin. Myrrh continues threading through, offering a subtle smokiness that prevents the blend from turning too plush.
This is austere vanillic warmth—contemplative rather than comforting, built for those who want presence without sweetness. It wears close, intimate, with the kind of longevity that makes you forget you applied it until hours later when movement releases another quiet wave.
