Orchid Leather
The opening swings between bright citrus and a slightly animalic leather accord—not the polished kind, but something closer to suede that's been worn in.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 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.
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- Fruity
The note pyramid
- Plum
- Cardamom
- Leather
- Frankincense
- Leather
- Plum
- Vanilla
- Cardamom
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening swings between bright citrus and a slightly animalic leather accord—not the polished kind, but something closer to suede that's been worn in. Orchid appears as a soft, powdery presence rather than a sharp floral note, blending into the leather rather than competing with it. As it settles, a subtle vanilla emerges, rounding the sharper edges without tipping into sweetness.
What develops is a study in contrasts that never quite resolves: cool and warm, clean and lived-in, floral and hide. The leather remains present throughout but feels more like a backdrop than a statement, allowing the orchid's quiet elegance to shape the composition.
This works best on someone comfortable with fragrances that suggest rather than announce, where leather serves as texture rather than theme. It sits close to the skin, more intimate than impressive, suited to cooler weather and quieter rooms.
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.
