Colette X Vilhelm
Colette X Vilhelm opens with grapefruit—a bright, tart citrus note that establishes clarity and freshness.
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.
- Soft Spicy50
- Marine50
- Salty50
- Aquatic
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Fig
- Sandalwood
- Leather
By the editors · 2 min readColette X Vilhelm opens with grapefruit—a bright, tart citrus note that establishes clarity and freshness. The grapefruit here reads clean rather than sweet, closer to the pith than the juice.
Fig forms the heart: green, milky, and slightly woody. Fig's dual character—simultaneously fruity and green—creates an interesting transition from the citrus opening. The milky quality adds a quiet softness.
Sandalwood and leather close the base. Sandalwood provides creamy warmth while the leather introduces a dry, slightly austere quality. The overall composition is a minimalist, dry, woody-green fragrance. The progression from bright citrus to fig to leather-wood is deliberate and interesting.
Scent twins
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