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Black currant opens with a tart, juicy fruitiness that is bright and slightly sweet upon first application.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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
- Herbal50
- Aromatic50
- Green
The note pyramid
- Black Currant
- Basil
- Tomato Leaf
- Lily of the Valley
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readBlack currant opens with a tart, juicy fruitiness that is bright and slightly sweet upon first application. Basil and tomato leaf introduce a sharp, green herbal character that contrasts with the fruit, creating a crisp and modern accord. Lily of the valley adds a soft, clean floral quality that lightens the composition and provides a delicate heart transition. Musk and rose form the base, with musk offering a clean skin-like warmth and rose contributing a subtle, powdery floral sweetness. The scent remains relatively linear after settling, projecting softly and staying close to the skin with moderate longevity. It is best suited for spring or summer daytime wear in warm weather, fitting casual or outdoor occasions where a fresh, green-fruity scent is appealing. The overall effect is a bright and cheerful fragrance with a clean dry-down.
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.
