McQueen Eau de Parfum
The opening strikes with a triple peppercorn salvo—pink, black, clove—that feels less like spice and more like crackling static across the skin.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 4 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.
- Black Pepper55
- Tuberose40
- Vetiver35
- Cinnamon15
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening strikes with a triple peppercorn salvo—pink, black, clove—that feels less like spice and more like crackling static across the skin. It's sharp but not piercing, a dry heat that clears the air rather than filling it. Within minutes, tuberose emerges, but stripped of its usual cream and wax. Here it's taut, almost mineral, pulled tense by the pepper still hovering at the edges.
Ylang-ylang adds a whisper of tropical warmth without sweetness, while vetiver in the base keeps everything rooted in something earthy and faintly smoky. The effect is tuberose seen through a filter of restraint—blooming in charcoal rather than butter.
This is for someone who wants white flowers without softness, presence without density. It wears close, angular, unapologetically modern. A study in tension held just short of release.
