Knock On Wood
Blood orange opens with a bright, slightly tangy zest that feels clean rather than candied, immediately setting a lightweight citrus frame.
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.
- Aromatic50
- Rose50
- Woody50
- Green
The note pyramid
- Blood Orange
- Magnolia
- Sandalwood
- Magnolia
- Cardamom
By the editors · 2 min readBlood orange opens with a bright, slightly tangy zest that feels clean rather than candied, immediately setting a lightweight citrus frame. Magnolia steps in early, its creamy white petals softening the orange's edges while adding a faintly milky sweetness that keeps the composition airy. Cardamom threads through the heart, lending a cool, green-tinged spice that stops the floral from turning too sweet and gives the scent a polite woody backbone. As the citrus retreats, sandalwood emerges as a dry, blond wood that carries the magnolia's cream in a soft haze close to the skin. The result is a quiet, sun-bleached woods scent with a citrus top that never fully disappears, hovering just above laundry-fresh fabric. Projection stays within arm's length, making it office-safe yet summery; longevity is moderate, fading to a skin-clean musk after five hours.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
