Outcast Blue Ex Nihilo 2022 Extrait de Parfum
Black pepper crackles against saffron, the two spices creating a dry, papery heat that feels like crushed petals and peppercorns scattered on suede.
The scent fingerprint
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.
- Woody70
- Tobacco60
- Soft Spicy50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Saffron
- Lily of the Valley
- Moss
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readBlack pepper crackles against saffron, the two spices creating a dry, papery heat that feels like crushed petals and peppercorns scattered on suede. Lily of the valley arrives quickly, cool and green, slicing through the spice with a watery knife that keeps the composition from turning heavy. The base is a deliberate tangle: vetiver throws roots into damp moss, oud lays down a medicinal stripe, sandalwood smooths the edges, and tobacco curls a cured-leaf sweetness through the shadows. Over hours the spices recede, letting the tobacco-oud accord dominate while sandalwood’s cream softens the rougher woods. Projection sits at arm’s length for most of the wear, a cool-weather skin wrap that feels comfortable in smart-casual offices or dusk concerts. Complexity is moderate; the heart phase is short, yet the dry-down keeps shifting as moss and vetiver wax and wane.
Scent twins
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