Modest Mimosa
Modest Mimosa is a study in precision — Jérôme Epinette's restraint producing a six-note composition that does more with less than most ten-note fragrances.
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.
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- Yellow Floral50
- Sweet50
- Green
The note pyramid
- Neroli
- Carrot
- Mimosa
- Violet
- Leather
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readModest Mimosa is a study in precision — Jérôme Epinette's restraint producing a six-note composition that does more with less than most ten-note fragrances. Neroli and carrot open as an unusual pairing: neroli's bright, white-floral citrus alongside carrot's earthy-sweet root vegetable facets creating immediate tension. The heart is the statement: mimosa's honeyed, powdery florality paired with violet's cool, ink-edged powder in a duet that defines the fragrance's character. Leather and musk at the base prevent the florals from floating, grounding the composition in understated depth. Vilhelm Parfumerie's signature quietness — everything in service of a clear idea.
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.
