Black Iris
Galbanum provides a sharp, green opening that is quickly softened by the sweet floralcy of orange blossom.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Green60
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- White Floral
The note pyramid
- Orange Blossom
- Galbanum
- Vetiver
- Cedar
- Iris
- Incense
By the editors · 2 min readGalbanum provides a sharp, green opening that is quickly softened by the sweet floralcy of orange blossom. Vetiver and cedar form a dry, woody heart that grounds the composition with an earthy and slightly aromatic texture. Iris contributes a distinct powdery quality that blends with the woody notes rather than dominating them. Incense and frankincense emerge in the base, adding a smoky and resinous depth that is subtly sweetened by benzoin. The scent evolves from a green-aromatic opening to a dry, smoky-woody dry-down with a persistent powdery undertone. Longevity is good, projecting moderately for hours before becoming a skin scent. Best suited for fall and winter evenings.
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.
