Ciel Noir
Black pepper and basil open with a dry, almost medicinal sharpness — the kind of aromatic snap that clears the air immediately.
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.
- Aromatic85
- Lavender75
- Fresh Spicy65
- Herbal
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Basil
- Lavender
- Rosemary
- White Musk
- Tonka Bean
By the editors · 2 min readBlack pepper and basil open with a dry, almost medicinal sharpness — the kind of aromatic snap that clears the air immediately. There's no fruit, no sweetness in the opening; just clean herbal bite.
Lavender and rosemary push through in the heart, softening the pepper while maintaining the green, borderline culinary character. The combination reads more fougère-adjacent than strictly herbal — structured and spare.
Tonka bean and white musk settle things into a warm, slightly almond-edged close. The base doesn't sweeten aggressively; it smooths. Overall, this reads as a clean, aromatic masculine built on restraint — functional rather than expressive.
Scent twins
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