Vita Nova
Black pepper opens with a sharp, dry spiciness that quickly warms the skin.
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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.
- Warm Spicy60
- Fresh50
- Balsamic50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Pink Pepper
- Clove
- White Musk
- Vanilla
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readBlack pepper opens with a sharp, dry spiciness that quickly warms the skin. Pink pepper and clove add a softer, aromatic warmth in the heart, creating a layered spicy accord. A clean white musk emerges alongside vanilla's gentle sweetness, smoothing the composition. Cedar provides a dry, woody foundation that grounds the scent without heaviness. The dry-down remains softly spicy and musky, with moderate projection and longevity. Best for cool weather evenings or casual outings.
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.
