Violette Noyée
Violet and citrus burst forth with a crisp, dewy greenness that feels both fresh and floral.
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.
- White Floral60
- Fresh50
- Yellow Floral50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Orange Blossom
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Violet
- Violet Leaf
- Jasmine
- Ylang-Ylang
By the editors · 2 min readViolet and citrus burst forth with a crisp, dewy greenness that feels both fresh and floral. Orange blossom and jasmine add a white-floral richness that deepens the violet’s powdery character. Heliotrope and iris intensify the powdery-musky heart, creating a soft, cosmetic texture. The base introduces labdanum, vanilla, and tonka for a sweet, balsamic warmth that wraps the florals. Sandalwood and musk provide a clean, woody foundation that extends the wear. Sillage is expansive initially but settles to intimate after four hours. Ideal for formal occasions in spring, it evolves thoughtfully over eight hours.
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.
