Licorice Woods
Black pepper and anise create a sharp, aromatic opening that is both spicy and subtly sweet, reminiscent of licorice.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Soft Spicy50
- Herbal50
- Aromatic50
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Anise
- Jasmine
- Oud
- Amber
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readBlack pepper and anise create a sharp, aromatic opening that is both spicy and subtly sweet, reminiscent of licorice. Jasmine emerges in the heart, its indolic floralcy adding a narcotic depth that contrasts with the spicy top notes. Oud arrives with a smoky, leathery intensity that dominates the base and lends a rugged, animalic character. Amber and cedar provide a warm, resinous backbone that smooths the oud's roughness and adds a dry woody finish. The scent evolves dramatically from a spicy-aromatic burst to a deep, resinous woody animalic dry-down. Projection is strong initially, becoming more intimate over time, with longevity suited for evening wear in cooler climates.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
