The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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
- White Floral50
- Violet50
- Lavender
The note pyramid
- Neroli
- Lavender
- Jasmine
- Patchouli
- Suede
- Violet
By the editors · 2 min readTrussardi opens with neroli alone — its bitter-orange-blossom character establishing an immediate citric-floral freshness. The single top note is deliberate, setting up the heart with a clean frame.
Lavender and jasmine create a soft, herbal-floral accord. Lavender's familiar aromatic warmth complements jasmine's honeyed sweetness — a classic combination executed with Italian restraint. The heart reads simultaneously fresh and warm, comfortable across multiple seasons.
Patchouli, suede, and violet form an unusual base. Patchouli's dark earthiness, suede's soft animalic warmth, and violet's cool powder create a textured, multi-dimensional close. The suede is the defining material — its almost tactile softness gives the dry-down a distinctly Italian leather-goods character. A quietly distinguished fragrance from a house known more for fashion than fragrance.
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.
