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.
- Floral70
- Rose60
- Leather60
- Musky
The note pyramid
- Tarragon
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Ylang-Ylang
- Peach
- Violet
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readTarragon and bergamot open with a green, herbal brightness that dissipates quickly as jasmine, ylang-ylang, and rose move in. Peach adds a ripe, sun-warmed quality to the heart without tipping toward sweetness — it softens the florals rather than overwhelming them. The base is where Reckless reveals its real character: leather and castoreum arrive with an animalic directness rarely encountered in contemporary perfumery. Tonka and cinnamon provide warmth around them; vetiver offers a dry, rooty counterpoint. The overall effect is deliberately sensual — a fragrance that operates at close range and rewards proximity. Suited to cold months when the heavier materials slow their diffusion and stay close to skin.
Scent twins
In this family
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.
