Classic 8.0 8.0
Before the numbered Classics line standardized into a more masculine direction, the 8.0 entry from 2015 reads as a light unisex aquatic.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Ozonic55
- Fresh50
- Aquatic50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Melon
- Peppermint
- Violet
- Watery Notes
- Lily of the Valley
By the editors · 2 min readBefore the numbered Classics line standardized into a more masculine direction, the 8.0 entry from 2015 reads as a light unisex aquatic. Melon and peppermint at the top, watery notes and lily of the valley in the heart — a composition that would have been at home on a department store shelf in the early 2000s. Cedar and amber in the base offer structural support, musk doing its usual skin-close work. The effect is fresh and linear: clean sheets and a cold glass of water. Modest and honest about its ambitions. A well-executed placeholder in the Zara lineup.
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.
