Hummingbird
The hummingbird makes an apt metaphor: quick, bright, hovering between sweetness and flight.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 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.
- Rose45
- Honey45
- Musk45
- Sandalwood40
- Apple40
By the editors · 2 min readThe hummingbird makes an apt metaphor: quick, bright, hovering between sweetness and flight. Apple, pear, and plum in the opening give it an immediate fruitiness — violet leaf threading through provides a green, slightly cool counterpoint. The heart is where the nectar imagery earns its place: ylang-ylang's honeyed cream, peony's soft blush, and mimosa's powdery warmth converging in a way that reads as genuinely botanical rather than synthetic-sweet. Moss, sandalwood, and amber in the base add depth and earthiness, grounding what could have been airy into something that actually lasts. A well-considered niche floral that rewards attention.
