Zegna Forte
Ginger, pink pepper, lemon, and grapefruit open in a sharp citrus-spice burst, the ginger fizzy and the grapefruit bitter.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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
- Honey50
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Ginger
- Pink Pepper
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
- Lavender
- Honey
- Tobacco
By the editors · 2 min readGinger, pink pepper, lemon, and grapefruit open in a sharp citrus-spice burst, the ginger fizzy and the grapefruit bitter. The opening reads as a polished modern masculine — clean and slightly spicy.
Lavender, honey, and tobacco build the heart into a richer middle. The lavender pulls toward fougere, the honey adds a thick golden sweetness, the tobacco brings a dry leafy depth. The transition shifts the composition from bright sport into something more old-world.
Tonka bean and amber close the arc with a soft balsamic-vanilla warmth. The dry-down rounds the honey-tobacco pairing into a comfortable, slightly powdery close that lasts well. The heart-and-base contrast against the clean opening gives more character than the citrus suggests.
Scent twins
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