Cadenza
Jasmine dominates the opening, its indolic white petals edged by a bright bergamot that keeps the floral from turning syrupyic.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Fresh50
- White Floral50
- Woody50
- Green
The note pyramid
- Jasmine
- Bergamot
- Lily of the Valley
- Sandalwood
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readJasmine dominates the opening, its indolic white petals edged by a bright bergamot that keeps the floral from turning syrupyic. Lily of the valley arrives quickly, adding a dewy green facet that softens the jasmine's intensity while extending the white floral theme. The base lands dry: sandalwood provides a creamy wood platform, vetiver cuts it with cool grass, patchouli brings earthy depth, amber supplies resinous warmth, and clean musk sheathes the entire structure. Over two hours the white bouquet subsides, letting the woody-amber accord take command while vetiver keeps the profile lifted rather than plush. Projection stays within arm's length; office-friendly yet present enough for after-work drinks. Works best in mild weather where the green lily note can breathe without being swallowed by humidity or frost.
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.
