Parti Pris
Parti-Pris opens with a single, clean stroke of orange blossom—not the lush, indolic kind, but something sharper and more deliberate, like white petals caught in morning light.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 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.
- Tuberose80
- Smoky80
- Woody70
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Orange Blossom
- Tuberose
- Ylang-Ylang
- Sandalwood
- Incense
By the editors · 2 min readParti-Pris opens with a single, clean stroke of orange blossom—not the lush, indolic kind, but something sharper and more deliberate, like white petals caught in morning light. The tuberose that follows is surprisingly restrained for such a famously heady flower, kept in check by ylang-ylang's creamy bitterness. This is white florals with a spine, never swooning or overly sweet.
The base shifts the mood entirely. Incense smoke curls through sandalwood and vetiver, grounding the florals in something darker and more contemplative. Labdanum adds a leathery warmth, while tobacco and vanilla soften the edges without turning the composition gourmand. The effect is of flowers observed through a veil of resinous smoke—present but not overwhelming, elegant but not precious.
This is for someone who wants white florals without the usual drama, a scent that holds its composure even as it reveals complexity. Deliberate, thoughtful, never loud.
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.
