Maya
Maya opens with violet leaf and black currant — a pairing that combines the green, slightly metallic quality of the leaf with the sharp tartness of the berry.
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.
- Rose70
- Jasmine60
- Oakmoss60
- Patchouli60
- Sandalwood50
By the editors · 2 min readMaya opens with violet leaf and black currant — a pairing that combines the green, slightly metallic quality of the leaf with the sharp tartness of the berry. It's an unusual top for a rose-jasmine heart, adding an angular contrast that keeps the floral opening from being immediate.
Jasmine and damask rose in the heart are classic anchors, but the cold opening of the top gives them a more complex frame: they arrive as something you've moved toward rather than something that greets you. The rose is formal, the jasmine warmer, and together they settle into a traditional feminine accord.
Sandalwood, oakmoss, and patchouli form a clean chypre base — not heavy, but earthy enough to give the florals a grounded quality. Maya has chypre structure but lighter mood, making it more versatile than its construction suggests.
