Mandarin Carnival
Mandarin Carnival opens like a citrus cologne — petitgrain and bergamot scrubbed clean, fizzy and slightly bitter — that promises a short, bright wear.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Fresh50
- White Floral50
- Aquatic50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Bergamot
- Neroli
- Orange Blossom
- Freesia
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min readMandarin Carnival opens like a citrus cologne — petitgrain and bergamot scrubbed clean, fizzy and slightly bitter — that promises a short, bright wear. For the first half-hour it delivers exactly that.
Then the heart blooms wider than expected. Neroli, orange blossom and freesia turn the citrus into a sunlit floral, soft-edged and a little wistful. The dry-down softens further into amber, a touch of rose and clean musk, the trail warmed but not heavy. Reads as a daytime fragrance with an evening's afterglow. Best in warm weather and outdoor settings; loses some of its lift indoors in winter.
Scent twins
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