Ferrari Black
Ferrari Black arrived in 1999 as a quietly well-constructed masculine oriental, the automotive brand name notwithstanding.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 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.
- Amber55
- Cinnamon50
- White Floral50
- Vanilla
The note pyramid
- Plum
- Lime
- Bergamot
- Cinnamon
- Jasmine
- Cardamom
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readFerrari Black arrived in 1999 as a quietly well-constructed masculine oriental, the automotive brand name notwithstanding. Plum and lime in the opening are an effective pairing — the plum's dark fruitiness against the lime's sharp citrus — before bergamot rounds the top into something more classically fresh. Cinnamon and cardamom in the heart build warm spice, jasmine and rose providing floral depth without sweetness. The base is the composition's anchor: amber and vanilla warming the dry-down into familiar oriental territory, cedar adding structure. Uncomplicated and well-executed — a late-90s masculine that understood the oriental structure and applied it confidently.
Scent twins
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