Sillage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sillage is a noun meaning (perfumery) The trail of scent left behind by one who wears perfume.
Meaning
(perfumery) The trail of scent left behind by one who wears perfume.
More Meanings
- Alternative form of silage.
Example Sentences
Perfumers prize sillage—the wake of aroma that trails the wearer, lingering after she's gone—precisely because its sensory residue must be manufactured to exist.
The smell was everywhere back then, especially at college parties, which reeked of the stuff (I also remember sillage clouds of Eternity For Women hanging in the air as well). […] [Drakkar Noir] had face-melting power, with 24-hour longevity and sillage that could kill a plant.
Word Forms
- sillages
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sileage, stall-feed, stallfeed, wildfeed, sheilin, shielin.
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