Black Gold
Cumin and galbanum introduce a sharp green-spicy opening with an earthy animalic edge.
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.
- Aromatic50
- Balsamic50
- Woody50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Cumin
- Galbanum
- Vetiver
- Rum
- Leather
- Styrax
By the editors · 2 min readCumin and galbanum introduce a sharp green-spicy opening with an earthy animalic edge. Vetiver and rum add a dark boozy warmth, blending rooty earthiness with sweetened spirit. Leather and styrax form a resinous base, providing a smoky animalic leather character that dominates the dry-down. The scent transitions from pungent spice to a deep leathery warmth with considerable evolution. It projects strongly and lasts well into the evening. Best for cool weather and formal or evening occasions.
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.




