Orchidée Vanille
Orchidée Vanille opens with the plush, almost rubbery texture of dark vanilla absolute, sharpened by a whisper of mandarin that keeps the first moments from collapsing into pure sweetness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Vanilla85
- Almond50
- Warm Spicy50
- Chocolate
The note pyramid
- Lychee
- Bulgarian Rose
- Violet
- Tonka Bean
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readOrchidée Vanille opens with the plush, almost rubbery texture of dark vanilla absolute, sharpened by a whisper of mandarin that keeps the first moments from collapsing into pure sweetness. There's a surprising freshness here, as though the vanilla pod were split open in a conservatory filled with orchids and humid air rather than in a bakery.
As it settles, the orchid becomes more apparent—not the damp, earthy scent of real orchids, but rather a soft, powdery floralcy that hovers around the vanilla like a veil. The drydown reveals a smooth amber base that adds warmth without heaviness, maintaining an unexpected cleanliness throughout.
This is vanilla for those who find most vanilla fragrances too gourmand or too obvious. It keeps one foot in the floral category, avoiding the caramel-sweet territory entirely. The result feels polished and quietly luxurious, suitable for evening wear when something comforting but not casual is called for.
Scent twins
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