Passion
Black currant opens with a tart, juicy fruitiness that feels bright and slightly sweet on initial application.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Fresh50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Rose
The note pyramid
- Black Currant
- Peony
- Rose
- Sandalwood
- Patchouli
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readBlack currant opens with a tart, juicy fruitiness that feels bright and slightly sweet on initial application. Peony and rose emerge quickly, forming a soft floral heart that is more modern and dewy than intensely powdery. Sandalwood provides a creamy, smooth woody base that blends seamlessly with the earthy, slightly chocolatey depth of patchouli. Musk anchors the dry-down, adding a clean skin-scent quality that pulls the composition closer to the body over time. Sillage remains moderate for the first hour before settling into an intimate aura that lasts approximately six hours. This floral-fruity blend works best in spring and fall for casual daytime occasions or relaxed evening wear.
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.
