Cycle 001
Iris opens cool and starchy, a carrot-like rootiness that feels matte rather than sweet.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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.
- Iris90
- Musky70
- Powdery60
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Iris
- White Musk
- Ambrox
- Frankincense
By the editors · 2 min readIris opens cool and starchy, a carrot-like rootiness that feels matte rather than sweet. Within minutes the white musk rises, turning the iris into a clean, linen-ironed sheet that sits close to the skin. Ambrox adds a mineral glow underneath, giving the composition a subtle radiance without warmth, while frankincense drifts in late as a quiet, peppery smoke that keeps the musk from turning soapy. The overall arc is dry, almost chalky, with the iris staying center-stage from first spray to fade. Projection stays polite, a scent bubble no wider than a desk; it wears like freshly pressed cotton on someone who never raises their voice. Best for spring office days when you want floral polish without sweetness.
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.
