Chameleon
The opening is bright and slightly peppery — bergamot and lemon cut through pink pepper's bite, while violet leaf adds a green, slightly cool edge.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Coconut80
- Warm Spicy60
- Vanilla60
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Violet Leaf
- Pink Pepper
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Coconut
- Jasmine
- Saffron
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is bright and slightly peppery — bergamot and lemon cut through pink pepper's bite, while violet leaf adds a green, slightly cool edge. It's a fresh, almost sparkling introduction that doesn't linger long before the heart arrives.
Coconut and saffron take over quickly, a rich pairing that reads as warm and slightly exotic. Clove and cashmeran deepen the texture, adding spice and a soft synthetic warmth. Jasmine weaves through without dominating.
The base settles into sandalwood, amber, and vanilla over patchouli and vetiver — creamy, balsamic, and musky. The drydown is the most distinctive phase: smooth, sweet-spicy, and lingering with a tropical undercurrent throughout.
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Scent twins
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