The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 17 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.
- Citrus65
- Earthy55
- Aromatic50
- Animalic
The note pyramid
- Lime
- Lemon
- Thyme
- Grapefruit
- Galbanum
- Bergamot
- Apple
By the editors · 2 min readElysium opens with a rush of brightness—lime and grapefruit meeting the green snap of galbanum and thyme. It's aromatic citrus with an herbal edge that feels less Mediterranean spa and more English garden after rain. The effect is clarifying without being sharp, like cold water on the face rather than a splash of cologne.
As it settles, the composition grows softer and more nuanced. Apple and blackcurrant add a subtle fruitiness that never tips sweet, while vetiver and cedar provide a woody backbone. Jasmine and rose appear as whispers rather than declarations, lending polish without calling attention to themselves. The leather and vanilla in the base keep everything grounded, offering warmth without heaviness.
The overall impression is one of restrained vitality—a fragrance for someone who wants to smell crisp and put-together without announcing it. It favors clean shirts and clear mornings, suited to those who find traditional aromatic colognes too simple but designer freshness too uniform. Confident without being loud.
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.
