The Black Knight
The Black Knight opens with the damp minerality of oakmoss meeting tanned leather—not polished riding boots but something older, worn soft by time.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- Oakmoss45
- Leather40
- Vetiver35
- Patchouli35
- Iris15
By the editors · 2 min readThe Black Knight opens with the damp minerality of oakmoss meeting tanned leather—not polished riding boots but something older, worn soft by time. There's a green sharpness underneath, vetiver and narcissus threading through with an almost metallic edge that keeps the composition from settling into comfortable territory.
As it develops, patchouli emerges slowly, deepening the leather without sweetening it. The narcissus adds a strange floral coldness, like flowers left in stone corridors. This isn't about chivalry or romance; it's closer to armor hung in shadows, earth-packed and elemental.
The overall effect is somber and intensely focused—something for those drawn to fragrance's darker, less conciliatory registers. It wears close and serious, demanding neither attention nor approval.