The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 16 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.
- Rose75
- Labdanum50
- Incense40
- Oakmoss40
- Patchouli35
By the editors · 2 min readRose de Chine stages rose's reveal as a narrative event. Chinese peony opens on the skin in place of rose, its soft apricot-floral quality leading without announcing. The rose doesn't fully emerge until well into the wear, arriving warm and slightly spiced, built on myrrh and labdanum in the base — resins that lend it a depth and medicinal-smoky quality unlike any standard rose composition.
Oakmoss and patchouli add a chypre undercurrent; star anise a brief anisic warmth. Part of Tom Ford's Private Rose Garden collection, it rewards the patience the fragrance demands — those willing to wait for the rose will find something more nuanced than the opening suggests.
