Panda Edition 2017
The 2017 edition of Panda opens with a curious green-floral sweetness—osmanthus and magnolia tinged with apple, creating an almost fuzzy, edible quality that calls to mind sun-warmed fruit in a bamboo grove.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Woody70
- Musky70
- Powdery60
- Floral
The note pyramid
- Apple
- Magnolia
- Lily
- Osmanthus
- Orris
- Jasmine
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min readThe 2017 edition of Panda opens with a curious green-floral sweetness—osmanthus and magnolia tinged with apple, creating an almost fuzzy, edible quality that calls to mind sun-warmed fruit in a bamboo grove. There's an immediate softness here, gentle rather than sharp, with the lily adding a clean, vegetal brightness that keeps the opening from turning too syrupy.
As it develops, orris lends a powdery, almost root-like earthiness that grounds the florals, while jasmine enriches the heart without dominating. The bamboo accord reads as a tender greenness threaded through everything, less literal than evocative. Amber and patchouli add subtle depth without heaviness.
The dry down settles into a skin-close musk with sandalwood and vanilla, the civet providing a whisper of animalic warmth that never roars. This is a portrait of gentleness—something for those who want their fragrance quiet, approachable, and unexpectedly comforting. It suits contemplative moods and people who prefer their complexity veiled in softness.
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.
