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Donna Karan · Est. 2002

Black Cashmere

Black Cashmere is a serious dark oriental and one of the underrated masterpieces of the early 2000s.

ConcentrationFragrance
Forunisex
Released2002
Statusenriched
2002 · Fragrance
inc·amb·ros·van
Rating
4.3
1.6k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 8 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.

  • Incense
    75
  • Amber
    65
  • Rose
    55
  • Vanilla
    50
  • Patchouli
    45

By the editors · 2 min readBlack Cashmere is a serious dark oriental and one of the underrated masterpieces of the early 2000s. Olibanum, saffron, and nutmeg open with a dry, resinous, spiced intensity — saffron metallic and warm, nutmeg adding a slightly medicinal spice, olibanum a sacred quality. Rose in the heart is solitary and complete: not a floral-arrangement rose but a single stem, slightly smoky, held by the incense atmosphere around it. The base returns to olibanum, adding amber, vanilla, and patchouli — the patchouli earthy but subordinate, vanilla warming without sweetening. Dense, nocturnal, built for the kind of evening where you want to be memorable.

Filed: Donna KaranSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap