Isa
The opening is a swift clash of green galbanum and bright mandarin, cutting through quickly to reveal ylang-ylang's creamy, slightly tropical sweetness.
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.
- Woody75
- Musky60
- Floral50
- Fresh Spicy
The note pyramid
- Sandalwood
- Ylang-Ylang
- Galbanum
- Mandarin
- Nutmeg
- Musk
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is a swift clash of green galbanum and bright mandarin, cutting through quickly to reveal ylang-ylang's creamy, slightly tropical sweetness. Nutmeg adds a subtle warmth without becoming overtly spiced, while the rose remains soft and nebulous rather than photorealistic.
As it settles, sandalwood and musk form a smooth, powdery base that feels distinctly eighties in structure—polished and easygoing, neither challenging nor demanding attention. The floral heart never blooms too loudly, kept in check by the woodiness beneath.
Isa reads as a clean, approachable fragrance with retro bones, the kind of scent that sits comfortably in casual settings without making statements. It wears lightly, fading to a soft skin-musk within a few hours. Best suited to those who prefer their florals tempered and their woods unpretentious.
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.
