My Burberry Black
My Burberry Black opens with a plush jasmine that carries more weight than brightness, immediately signaling something richer and more grounded than its predecessor.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- Jasmine75
- Patchouli70
- Rose65
- Amber60
- Peach55
By the editors · 2 min readMy Burberry Black opens with a plush jasmine that carries more weight than brightness, immediately signaling something richer and more grounded than its predecessor. This isn't the fresh, dewy jasmine of a morning garden but something slightly bruised and dusky, setting a moodier tone from the start.
As it settles, peach and rose emerge with surprising restraint. The peach reads more as soft suede than fruit, while the rose stays low and velvety rather than projecting outward. Together they create a hazy, almost filtered quality, like looking at florals through tinted glass.
The patchouli and amber base provides the "black" of the name—earthy, sweetened, and textured enough to anchor what could otherwise drift too ethereal. It wears close and intimate, best suited to someone who wants dark florals without drama, or evenings that call for warmth without heaviness. A modern take on the oriental-floral category that knows when to hold back.
