Century Blue
Black pepper opens with a sharp, fresh spiciness that establishes an immediate aromatic intensity.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Fresh Spicy60
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Ginger
- Neroli
- Oakmoss
- Patchouli
- Sea Salt
By the editors · 2 min readBlack pepper opens with a sharp, fresh spiciness that establishes an immediate aromatic intensity. Ginger and neroli quickly join, adding a zesty warmth and a clean, citrus-floral brightness to the heart. The base introduces oakmoss's damp, earthy character and patchouli's dry earthiness, grounded by sea salt's distinct mineralic and saline quality. This creates a dry, aromatic fragrance with a subtle marine accent that remains linear and close to the skin throughout its wear. Its fresh yet earthy character suits warm weather casual wear, offering a discreet presence ideal for outdoor activities or daily use in humid conditions.
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.
