The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 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.
- Aromatic50
- Fresh Spicy50
- Earthy40
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Moss
- Pink Pepper
- Orange Blossom
- Patchouli
- Cardamom
By the editors · 2 min readA Midsummer Dream opens with a bright citrus spray that quickly gives way to something deeper and more shadowed. The grapefruit and bergamot fade almost immediately, revealing a mossy, woody core threaded with spice. Cardamom and pink pepper add a dry warmth that keeps the composition from turning too green or earthy, while orange blossom and rose hover in the background rather than dominating.
The base settles into a soft, resinous blur of orris, benzoin, and vetiver, with just enough vanilla to smooth the edges without sweetening. Cedar and musk anchor everything in a clean, skin-close finish. Despite its name, this is less about summer gardens and more about dusk in a forest clearing—grounded, contemplative, and surprisingly restrained given the layered structure.
It suits someone who wants complexity without volume, a fragrance that unfolds slowly rather than announcing itself. The moss and vetiver give it a slightly vintage feel, though the treatment is modern and wearable.
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.
