Sisley
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The aldehydes hit like champagne bubbles caught in sunlight—sharp, effervescent, distinctly metallic. Pink pepper adds a rosy-spicy fizz whilst the bergamot keeps everything from tipping into vintage territory, creating instead a modern, high-contrast brightness that feels almost prismatic.
Rose and peony merge into something dewy and fresh-cut, supported by lily of the valley's green aquatic quality and jasmine's creamy whispers. The angelica introduces an aromatic, slightly medicinal edge that prevents the bouquet from becoming too sweetly floral, maintaining a cool, composed elegance.
The florals fade to a soft-focus memory whilst cedar and musk create a clean, second-skin effect. The amber remains understated, adding warmth without weight, leaving you with something polite and office-friendly—pretty, certainly, but perhaps too careful to leave a lasting impression.
Izia is Sisley's aldehydic rose portrait, a scent that positions itself somewhere between the sparkling hauteur of classic French perfumery and the transparent florals of contemporary taste. The opening strikes with that unmistakable metallic shimmer of aldehydes—not the soapy, vintage kind, but something brighter and more precise, lifted by pink pepper's fizzy bite and bergamot's clean citrus oils. This isn't your grandmother's aldehydic floral; it's been streamlined, made legible for modern sensibilities whilst retaining that indefinable French polish.
The heart reveals what Sisley clearly intended as their signature rose: a peony-rose hybrid that leans towards the fresh-cut, dewy side rather than anything jammy or powdered. Lily of the valley adds that green, almost aqueous quality that keeps the florals from ever feeling heavy, whilst jasmine threads through with its indolic whispers, never quite dominating. There's an interesting tension here between the angelica's slightly medicinal, aromatic greenness and the softer white florals—it prevents the composition from becoming too pretty, too safe.
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3.8/5 (90)