Cassiopea Tiziana Terenzi 2015 Extrait de Parfum
Cassiopea opens on a single sharp lemon — not a Mediterranean citrus splash but something almost antiseptic in its precision, like a squeeze of rind over cool marble.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 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.
- Tonka60
- Sandalwood50
- Lemon50
- Musk50
- Green20
By the editors · 2 min readCassiopea opens on a single sharp lemon — not a Mediterranean citrus splash but something almost antiseptic in its precision, like a squeeze of rind over cool marble. It evaporates quickly, clearing the stage for what follows.
The heart is a white flower triptych: lily and lily of the valley bring a cool, watery greenness, while narcissus adds a slightly heady, faintly rubbery dimension. Together they produce a clean-but-complex floral that resists easy categorization. Narcissus especially gives the composition an unusual, almost animalic undercurrent that separates Cassiopea from conventional white florals.
The extrait concentration pushes these notes deeper: tonka bean and sandalwood in the base wrap the florals in a warm, slightly creamy haze, softening the narcissus without smothering it. This is a floral for those who prefer their blooms cool and strange, not sweetly arranged.
