Stella (2014)
The 2014 Stella opens with a rush of cool, almost aqueous rose—cleaner and sharper than the lush garden variety, as if cut stems were plunged into fresh water alongside pale peony petals.
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.
- Rose75
- Fresh50
- Floral50
- Citrus
The note pyramid
- Peony
- Rose
- Rose
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min readThe 2014 Stella opens with a rush of cool, almost aqueous rose—cleaner and sharper than the lush garden variety, as if cut stems were plunged into fresh water alongside pale peony petals. There's an immediate brightness that feels modern rather than romantic, a deliberate stripping away of the heavy, powdered associations rose sometimes carries.
As it settles, the rose persists but grows softer, supported by a discreet amber that adds warmth without sweetness or resinous depth. The effect is transparent, almost minimalist—a rose portrait in watercolor rather than oil paint. This is fragrance as clean architecture: confident in its simplicity, designed for someone who wants presence without ornamentation, femininity without frills.
Scent twins
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