Pathos
Pink pepper opens with a sharp, effervescent spiciness that is both warm and slightly metallic.
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.
- Yellow Floral60
- Mossy60
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Pink Pepper
- Ylang-Ylang
- Patchouli
- Tonka Bean
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readPink pepper opens with a sharp, effervescent spiciness that is both warm and slightly metallic. Ylang-ylang soon follows, its tropical floral sweetness tempering the pepper's intensity with a creamy, almost banana-like richness. Patchouli adds an earthy depth to the heart, connecting the floral and spicy elements with a dry, woody texture. The base combines tonka bean's coumarin sweetness with sandalwood's creaminess and oakmoss's classic chypre bitterness. Ambergris lends a subtle animalic warmth that ties the composition together in a resinous embrace. This scent maintains a moderate projection throughout its wear, evolving from spicy-floral to a mossy-amber dry-down over six to eight hours.
Scent twins
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