Opera
Opera opens with a warm, spiced exhalation—nutmeg dusted over ylang-ylang's creamy petals, already hinting at the richness beneath.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Musky80
- Leather75
- Amber70
- Earthy
The note pyramid
- Leather
- Ambergris
- Ylang-Ylang
- Nutmeg
- Vetiver
- Vanilla
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readOpera opens with a warm, spiced exhalation—nutmeg dusted over ylang-ylang's creamy petals, already hinting at the richness beneath. The leather emerges gradually, smooth rather than animalic, like a well-worn armchair in a private box rather than riding gear. Ambergris lends a subtle salinity that keeps the florals from going sweet.
As it settles, vetiver and patchouli anchor the composition in earth and shadow, while vanilla softens the edges without overwhelming. The musk pulses underneath, tying everything together with a skin-close warmth. It's plush but not overdone, opulent without being loud—the kind of fragrance that suggests wealth worn lightly, elegant evenings where nothing needs proving.
Best suited to those who want presence without fanfare, and cooler weather when its layers can unfold slowly. It wears close but leaves an impression.
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.
