Zara Orchid 2021
Bergamot opens this with a quick citric sharpness that fades almost immediately.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Vanilla70
- Aromatic50
- Lactonic50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Orchid
- Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot opens this with a quick citric sharpness that fades almost immediately. Orchid emerges in the heart — a clean, lightly sweet white floral that hovers at mid-range without much complexity or drama. Vanilla grounds the base with a soft sweetness that rounds out the composition without pushing it toward dessert territory.
The arc is short and linear: citrus gives way to a single white floral, which settles into a quiet vanilla skin. Simple in construction, it wears close and softly. Works well as a light daily floral for those who want something pleasant and uncomplicated — a clean take on a classic floral-vanilla shape.
Scent twins
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