Noir for Men
Noir for Men opens on a herbal-citrus accord with some real snap to it: bergamot and rosemary provide brightness while coriander and clary sage add green, slightly spiced depth.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 3 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.
- Lavender80
- Amber55
- Vanilla40
The note pyramid
- Rosemary
- Coriander
- Bergamot
- Clary Sage
- Lavender
- African Orange Flower
- Cardamom
By the editors · 2 min readNoir for Men opens on a herbal-citrus accord with some real snap to it: bergamot and rosemary provide brightness while coriander and clary sage add green, slightly spiced depth. Lavender dominates the heart in a conventional fougère pattern, supported by cardamom's warm spice and a subtle African orange flower note that rounds the sharp edges. The base is warm and structured — amber and vanilla softening the earthier vetiver, woodsy notes providing a clean modern framework. Overall this is an office-ready masculine in the lavender-fougère tradition, executed in BBW's accessible mid-range style. It wears conventionally without surprises, projecting moderately throughout. A reliable daily driver for the fragrance-curious.
Scent twins
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