Ombre de Hyacinth
Ombre de Hyacinth opens on a sharp green chord—violet leaf and galbanum together produce that distinctive crushed-stem quality, cool and slightly bitter, like the interior of a florist shop in January.
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.
- Incense50
- Jasmine50
- Musk50
- Green40
- Iris30
By the editors · 2 min readOmbre de Hyacinth opens on a sharp green chord—violet leaf and galbanum together produce that distinctive crushed-stem quality, cool and slightly bitter, like the interior of a florist shop in January. Magnolia softens the angle while frankincense adds a smoke-tinged elevation: this is a green fragrance that reads as expensive rather than merely leafy.
Jasmine and pink pepper arrive in the heart, the floral note clean and sharp-edged, the pepper adding friction that prevents sweetness from taking hold. The base strips back to resin and musk, benzoin contributing a subtle amber-adjacent warmth. The silhouette throughout is lean and architectural—more shadow than bloom, true to its name.
