The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Rose85
- Iris75
- Powdery70
- Caramel
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Bulgarian Rose
- Iris
- Praline
- Leather
By the editors · 2 min readValentino Donna opens with a brief citrus lift—grapefruit and bergamot that clear the air before stepping aside. What follows is the perfume's true subject: a plush rose-iris accord sweetened with praline, creating an effect somewhere between powdered petals and confectionery. The rose reads more abstract than photorealistic, softened by iris's cool, slightly waxy quality, while the praline adds warmth without tipping into gourmand excess.
As it settles, leather and patchouli provide structure beneath the sweetness, grounding the composition with a subtle earthiness. Vanilla rounds the edges without dominating. The overall impression is polished and deliberate—a study in contrasts between soft florals and darker, more substantial base notes.
This is perfumery for someone who wants presence without drama, sweetness tempered by restraint. It sits close to the skin after the first hour, reading more like second-skin sophistication than bold statement.
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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.




