Chapter II
The Anatomy of Sillage
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Top · Heart · Base — how a fragrance keeps time
Why a Scent
Unfolds
I
Top Notes Arrive
First, Then Leave
Bergamot and pink pepper flare in the opening minutes — brilliant, volatile, gone inside the first quarter hour.
II
The Heart Holds
the Character
Iris, jasmine and violet bloom for hours — the chord a wearer is actually remembered by.
III
Base Notes Become
Memory
Sandalwood, amber and oakmoss anchor the dry-down — the trace still on a scarf the next morning.
IV
The Pyramid Reads
as Time
Read top to base, the diagram is a clock — each tier a different hour of the same evening.
Maison Véletta
Parfumeur · est. 1911
The Anatomy of Sillage ·
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