Spirit of Black Magnolia
Ylang-ylang opens with intense tropical floral character that dominates the initial impression.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Yellow Floral90
- Vanilla70
- Amber60
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Ylang-Ylang
- Amber
- Musk
- Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min readYlang-ylang opens with intense tropical floral character that dominates the initial impression. Amber quickly emerges with its warm resinous quality that tempers the floral intensity. Musk provides a soft animalic undertone that blends with the amber's sweetness throughout the heart. Vanilla creates a creamy sweet base that supports the entire composition with comforting warmth. This scent remains relatively linear from application to dry-down with minimal evolution. Projection stays intimate and skin-close throughout its four to six hour longevity. Best suited for evening wear in cooler weather conditions where its warmth can shine.
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.
