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Lemon and grapefruit create a sharp, effervescent opening that feels like carbonated citrus zest rather than fresh juice.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 5 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.
- Aromatic50
- White Floral50
- Woody50
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
- Orange Blossom
- Amberwood
- Orange Blossom
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
By the editors · 2 min readLemon and grapefruit create a sharp, effervescent opening that feels like carbonated citrus zest rather than fresh juice. The heart introduces orange blossom, but here the floral is stripped of honeyed sweetness, presenting instead a clean, almost metallic neroli facet that keeps the composition brisk. Amberwood in the base doesn't add warmth; it supplies a dry, mineral wood accord that extends the citrus brightness while adding subtle smoke. On skin, the scent stays linear: the opening citrus simply becomes drier and more woody, never developing sweetness or depth. Projection remains close but persistent, creating a discreet citrus-wood aura that lasts through a workday. The overall character is deliberately unisex and office-safe, functioning as an elevated citrus cologne that avoids traditional masculine heft.
Scent twins
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