Dry Oil
Petitgrain and neroli open with a dry, bitter-green sparkle that quickly folds lemon zest and cardamom heat into its citrus framework.
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.
- Citrus60
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Neroli
- Lemon
- Cardamom
- Lavender
- Iris
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readPetitgrain and neroli open with a dry, bitter-green sparkle that quickly folds lemon zest and cardamom heat into its citrus framework. Lavender and iris step in within ten minutes, swapping brightness for a cool, slightly metallic floral layer that keeps the rose from turning sweet. Vanilla and patchouli arrive early, blotting the citrus oils and turning the scent into a soft, powdery skin glaze rather than a dripping oil. Projection stays close, projecting no farther than a forearm’s length, yet the musk-patched trail lasts a full workday on fabric. Best worn in spring shoulder months when you want clean warmth without sugar.
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.
