Black Purple
Moss, patchouli, and bergamot open with an earthy, aromatic character — the moss is the dominant note from the first breath.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Marine50
- Aromatic50
- Woody50
- Floral
The note pyramid
- Moss
- Patchouli
- Bergamot
- Rosemary
- Nutmeg
- Ambergris
By the editors · 2 min readMoss, patchouli, and bergamot open with an earthy, aromatic character — the moss is the dominant note from the first breath. Rosemary and nutmeg in the heart extend the herbal-spicy quality. Ambergris and vetiver close with earthy, slightly oceanic warmth.
The note prior confirms mossy as dominant, with marine, lavender, aromatic, earthy, and fresh-spicy as strong supporting accords. This is a nature-forward, outdoorsy composition — grounded, earthy, and slightly rugged. It sits in a classic fougère-adjacent space with aquatic-marine undertones from the ambergris and vetiver. Best in cool weather, for outdoor and casual contexts.
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.
