Declaration d'Un Soir
Declaration d'un Soir opens with a dry spice assault—black pepper and cardamom crackle against the skin, sharp and almost austere.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 4 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.
- Rose55
- Cinnamon40
- Amber20
- Leather
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Cumin
- Cardamom
- Nutmeg
- Rose
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readDeclaration d'un Soir opens with a dry spice assault—black pepper and cardamom crackle against the skin, sharp and almost austere. There's no sweetness to soften the blow, just the raw warmth of ground seeds and resinous heat. The effect is immediate and unapologetic, a deliberate departure from the citrus ease of the original Declaration.
As it settles, a dusty rose emerges through the nutmeg, though calling it floral feels wrong. The rose here is more peppercorn-stained petal than garden bloom, threaded through wood shavings and spice dust. Sandalwood provides the base, but it stays lean and transparent rather than creamy.
This is Declaration stripped of daylight and worn at dusk. It suits someone drawn to spice-forward compositions that prioritize texture over comfort, formality over casual wear. The silhouette is close, the mood introspective.
Scent twins
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