Iris
This opens with bergamot and lemon brightening a dense floral core — the citrus reads as a frame rather than a feature.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Mossy75
- Yellow Floral70
- Animalic65
- Citrus
The note pyramid
- Oakmoss
- Civet
- Neroli
- Jasmine
- Ylang-Ylang
- Amber
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Mimosa
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readThis opens with bergamot and lemon brightening a dense floral core — the citrus reads as a frame rather than a feature. Neroli and mimosa contribute a honeyed, slightly powdery texture that blends into the jasmine and ylang-ylang before any single flower fully asserts itself.
Rose adds structure in the mid-development while oakmoss and civet pull the composition toward an earthy, animalic base — unmistakably rooted in an older tradition of perfumery. The amber provides warmth without sweetness.
The overall result is a rich, mossy floral with prominent animalic depth. The civet and oakmoss dominate the dry-down, leaving something deeply earthy and complex rather than simply pretty.
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Scent twins
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