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House of Sillage Tiara ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 23 November 2011 56 Comments

House of Sillage Tiara

House of Sillage is the new California-based niche line of Nicole Mather; Tiara is their debut limited edition fragrance.

This unique scent, exuding Madagascan vanilla, Sri Lankan cinnamon, and Calabrian green tangerine, is presented in a stunning bottle adorned with opulent Swarovski stones.

In a world consumed by mass-­‐produced items of generic quality, House of Sillage returns to the essential elements that define luxury. Founder Nicole Mather focuses intently on distinguishing every detail in a House of Sillage product, ranging from the rare and exotic ingredients to the extraordinary aesthetic appeal. Each numbered bottle of Tiara parfum is a treasured and collectable work of art. “I admire the brilliance of scent, and how it can transport you to another place and time,” Mather explains.

Tiara was developed by perfumer Francis Camail; additional notes include rose.

House of Sillage Tiara is available in 75 ml Parfum for $1200. It can be purchased at the House of Sillage website.

(via press release)

Filed Under: new fragrances
Tagged With: house of sillage, limited edition

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  1. Ikat says:
    23 November 2011 at 10:43 am

    Sounds marvellous, adore that bottle. Not sure I have a spare $1200, though.

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    • Robin says:
      23 November 2011 at 10:50 am

      Nor do I.

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  2. Bee says:
    23 November 2011 at 10:44 am

    since I’m the first, I won’t write anything disparaging about the bottle, but I am thinking very loudly :-)

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    • Bee says:
      23 November 2011 at 10:46 am

      oh well, I’m not the first then… 2 teams, pro and con bottle, who’s going to win?

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      • Robin says:
        23 November 2011 at 10:51 am

        I’m on your team, but guessing we’ll see some of both.

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      • sweetlife (ahtx) says:
        23 November 2011 at 2:55 pm

        Oh my lord, I am on your team, Bee.

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        • Aparatchick says:
          23 November 2011 at 4:28 pm

          Joining Team Bee. That’s a mighty lot of bling for my taste.

          And to me, the “essential elements that define luxury” tend to be things like “hand-made” and “custom” (or “bespoke” for my British friends).

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      • Flora says:
        26 November 2011 at 12:40 am

        Definitely con here – to me it looks fussy, like a knick-knack in a glass case that no one is ever allowed to touch. I suspect that most of the $1,200 is tied up in that crystal though….

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  3. Jonette says:
    23 November 2011 at 10:54 am

    I’m on the con bottle team. Also thinking loudly. This is a very diplomatic, polite day. :)

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    • Jillie says:
      23 November 2011 at 11:09 am

      Is that your kittie, Jonette? So cute! Let’s all just concentrate on our furry friends today – to coin a phrase, they really are worth it, unlike some perfumes.

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      • Morgan says:
        23 November 2011 at 3:50 pm

        I saw my first red squirrel today, I have never seen such a cute furry animal. It ran up to me and chattered at me. (There was also a cat present – I fancied it was trying to warn me about the cat danger, not realising that I had a big advantage over the cat). It was a very cute day.

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      • malijo789 says:
        23 November 2011 at 4:54 pm

        And not so furry also. My new ball python is so adorable. He’s my little baby boy!

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      • Jonette says:
        24 November 2011 at 7:03 am

        Thanks, Jillie. Yes, that’s one of my four kitties. This one is Nanki-Poo, a Thai (European traditional Siamese) when he was a kitten.

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  4. xendawg says:
    23 November 2011 at 11:34 am

    I bloody wish that these lines would stop returning to the “elements that define luxury” and concentrate on scent. Call me the 99% perfume guy…

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    • Dawnkana says:
      23 November 2011 at 12:06 pm

      LOL…. I’m with ya xendawg! :)

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    • Joe says:
      23 November 2011 at 5:21 pm

      I love that.

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  5. Dawnkana says:
    23 November 2011 at 12:10 pm

    I personally don’t care for the bottle. It’s not a bad bottle. It just does not visually appeal to me. It looks like a glorified cupcake.

    I don’t like the name HOUSE of SILLAGE. ugh. It seems kind of blah and corporate.

    Bah-humbug. ;0

    ~Dawn

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    • Ikat says:
      23 November 2011 at 1:22 pm

      I agree about the name. It implies that it only produces high-volume sillage monsters. It doesn’t make me want any of their fragrances, as I would be driven out of my office by the sillage-haters.

      I do love that bottle, though. I’m assuming you have to pull the top off to get to the atomizer.

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  6. SuddenlyInexplicably says:
    23 November 2011 at 1:33 pm

    Only one thing comes to my mind when I look at the bottle and the name of the house:

    HOUSE OF SILLY-AGE

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    • malijo789 says:
      23 November 2011 at 4:55 pm

      Haha, good one.

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    • nozknoz says:
      23 November 2011 at 9:28 pm

      That’s for sure!

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    • Haunani says:
      24 November 2011 at 6:37 pm

      Ha ha!

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  7. rosarita says:
    23 November 2011 at 1:51 pm

    In this day and age, this kind of manufactured luxury seems in the poorest taste. Just my opinion.

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  8. Ikat says:
    23 November 2011 at 2:00 pm

    At least they don’t claim it’s laden with Swarofsky crystals…….

    They seem to have become the ne plus ultra of tacky.

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    • Ikat says:
      23 November 2011 at 2:01 pm

      oh my bad- it IS laden with Swarofsky crystals.

      Boo

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      • Bee says:
        23 November 2011 at 4:09 pm

        so so, you’re changing teams now? :-)

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  9. hollyc says:
    23 November 2011 at 2:43 pm

    How DARE they bring us 75 mls of extrait from top notch ingredients in a bottle so beautiful it would create family feuds during the reading of the will. Yes, by all means bring us more generic Glade in futuristic lucite bottles. If I had that much money, I’d buy it in a heartbeat (right after I sold my kidney and bought the 900 ml. bottle of Chanel Gardenia extrait)!

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  10. Morgan says:
    23 November 2011 at 3:37 pm

    I imagine this is what Jessica Simpson would come up with if she for some reason decided to try her hand at high end perfume: the name, the brand, the bottle… for the truly fancy lady.

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    • Sombreuil says:
      24 November 2011 at 12:37 am

      lol – yes, it’s trying way too hard to be truly classy.

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  11. belletrist9 says:
    23 November 2011 at 3:51 pm

    I think everyone else has already said everything that came to my mind, haha, but yea… my first reaction was pretty much: o_______O;

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  12. mutzi says:
    23 November 2011 at 4:02 pm

    The scent sounds nice, but not $1200 worth of nice. The crystal top looks like a muffin or cupcake cozy for protecting your muffins or cupcakes.

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  13. dolcesarah says:
    23 November 2011 at 4:08 pm

    They better throw in some diamonds not just crystals for $1,200.00

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  14. Merlin says:
    23 November 2011 at 4:11 pm

    Yikes – I’m a lone voice here, but I think the bottle looks beautiful. In reality it may seem tacky, but in the pic the glass/crystal seems bright, the blue shading seems to enhance its clarity, and the top looks like a dome in some fairy tale!

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    • malijo789 says:
      23 November 2011 at 4:59 pm

      I like the bottle too, but I wouldn’t throw down that much money for it.

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      • Merlin says:
        24 November 2011 at 2:16 am

        I can’t even process the price of this, let alone shelling out for it. I just like the look of it.

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  15. glrsims says:
    23 November 2011 at 4:48 pm

    Actually, the whole thing seems like a joke, like an entry in the Prix Eau Faux (or however it’s spelled) contest. The name, the bottle, the price and the description.

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    • Tulip says:
      23 November 2011 at 4:53 pm

      and check put the web page opening video

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      • Multidantastic says:
        24 November 2011 at 7:40 am

        Normally I regard cursing as a triumph of the visceral over the intellect…but I just don’t think we need any intelligent criticism here. It’s awful. Black and white with spot colour is the acme of kitsch and not the good self-referential type either. I guess they are targeting a specific demography comprised of footballers wives, celebs (but not celebrities) and yuppies with high-wages and low self-esteem.

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    • AnnE says:
      24 November 2011 at 10:46 pm

      That’s exactly what I thought!

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  16. pyramus says:
    23 November 2011 at 4:53 pm

    I am having trouble understanding that bottle, because it doesn’t look like a bottle: it looks like a drinking glass wearing a very fancy yarmulke.

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    • Tulip says:
      23 November 2011 at 4:54 pm

      I see a drinking glass too

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  17. Joe says:
    23 November 2011 at 5:01 pm

    This may smell lovely, but I’m not likely to ever find out.

    Name of brand and bottle are a couple of the tackiest, ugliest things I’ve seen. Apologies to those who think otherwise.

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  18. OhLily says:
    23 November 2011 at 6:26 pm

    Eep. I thought this was a spoof at first. House of Sillage? HoS?

    I’m kinda old and the older I get the more I catch myself muttering “you’ve got to be kidding me” in response to a many varied things. It’s worked out well so far for me so why switch paddles now? ;)

    A Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and their families (non-hooman members included)!

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  19. hongkongmom says:
    23 November 2011 at 6:55 pm

    Everything that I see and read in the article…its funny, I get the total opposite!!! Would love to see who buys it!

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  20. hongkongmom says:
    23 November 2011 at 6:56 pm

    oh relooked at the bottle…its really really bad!

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  21. halimeade says:
    23 November 2011 at 7:02 pm

    There is something awfully Monty Python about the bottle. I could just see it in one of Terry Gilliam’s animations (but maybe I have been watching too much Flying Circus this week?)

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    • Flora says:
      26 November 2011 at 12:43 am

      Perhaps it contains some nice Crunchy Frog? :-)

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  22. stinker_kit says:
    23 November 2011 at 9:22 pm

    Halimeade is correct. I believe it may be the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!

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  23. nozknoz says:
    23 November 2011 at 9:44 pm

    It looks like something out of a David Lynch film – very Blue Velvet. I can imagine the House of Sillage in Lumberton, and this bottle on Dorothy Vallens’s vanity table.

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  24. annemarie says:
    23 November 2011 at 11:44 pm

    The website is good for a chuckle, if anyone needs a break from the routine of their day!

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    • Sombreuil says:
      24 November 2011 at 12:41 am

      Oh, wow. Now I want Tiara so I can be an International Woman of Mystery… Interesting that for a fragrance house there is really very little about scent on the site.

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  25. euse says:
    24 November 2011 at 6:08 am

    I dont find the bottle disgusting, a bit too much yes, but I like exaggerations. I do wish though they have saved the obligatory “made with swarovski”.
    what is far more disturbing is their advertisment video on the website. such american stereotype, lacking any imagination and creativity.
    “house of sillage” is just a proof of that too.

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  26. Ikat says:
    24 November 2011 at 12:46 pm

    The whole concept is lame.

    The house in the video looks suspiciously like one of the unsellable noveau-Italianate overpriced minimansions in Shady Canyon in Irvine, CA, and the jet scene is taken at the Orange County airport (John Wayne Airport). The shoot isn’t particularly well done. The chauffeur isn’t very convincing. The car is a rental.

    Odd that there is no way to sample this fragrance or even buy a smaller bottle. Nothing but hype.

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  27. CynHunt says:
    2 January 2012 at 2:24 pm

    Actually, Ikat is correct; the video was most likely filmed in Orange County, CA because that is where the company is based. And the description of the unsellable Italianate mini-mansions was right on the mark, although I would bet the house was in Newport Coast, which is a bit closer to the coast and a stronghold of “Newport Nouveaus”; who are the people who would probably buy the perfume.
    The bottle is tasteless and tacky. A cupcake!
    I’m not too interested in the scent itself being there are so many wonderful ones out there to choose from already and at more realistic prices.
    I’d be embarrassed to have the bottle on my dresser.

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  28. roseandamber says:
    19 September 2014 at 12:10 pm

    OMG…cupcake bottle ?! O________o for $1200 ??? I have just smell the juice at Pitti…disgusting !!! spend your money ( a lot of money ) anywhere else

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  29. chrisskins says:
    24 April 2016 at 9:05 pm

    I asked for a bottle of Hadrien to coat myself today at Bloomindales and the House of Sillage SA directed me to these little monsters instead. First, “House of Sillage”? I couldn’t wait to text my scenty friends. I was embarrassed for the whole line. SA, with extremely thick accent, repeatedly informed me that these “smell like no others” including one called, “Love is in the Air” but I thought she said, “Hair”. 4x. “Love is in the Hair? Is this a hair fragrance?” “Air”. “Hair?” “Air”, she said, swinging her arms around, then grabbing her hair. “No hair! Air”. Got it. Then she pointed at the case filled with creepy collectibles like crystal panthers and I told her I don’t do that sort of thing. Anyhow, they are somewhere around $350/per, which I said is Guerlain money, hence good luck. She did decant me two samples but there’s just no way I’d ever buy this stuff unless it came with a husband bringing in 10 mil/year who never spoke.

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