Essence Pure pour Femme
A 2002 feminine that demonstrates how a small note list can still produce a well-balanced fragrance.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 4 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.
- Amber65
- Vanilla60
- Rose50
- Patchouli
The note pyramid
- Freesia
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Plum
- Peach
- Lily of the Valley
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readA 2002 feminine that demonstrates how a small note list can still produce a well-balanced fragrance. Freesia and bergamot open clean and slightly green, the freesia lending a faint white-petal quality that previews the floral heart. Jasmine and rose occupy the middle in a classic arrangement — more jasmine-forward than the name might suggest, rose providing structure rather than dominance.
The base earns its keep: amber and vanilla build warmth without sweetness, cedar adds dry woodiness, and patchouli brings the faintest earthen depth. A graceful, unhurried fragrance that wears all day without demanding attention. The general notes hint at plum and peach tucked into the background — easy to miss but contributing to the rounded warmth of the drydown.
Scent twins
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