Black Touch
Black Touch opens with a bright citrus rush—grapefruit and bergamot sharpened by cardamom's green spice.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Aromatic50
- White Floral50
- Powdery50
- Fresh Spicy
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Cardamom
- Bergamot
- Magnolia
- Jasmine
- Orange Blossom
By the editors · 2 min readBlack Touch opens with a bright citrus rush—grapefruit and bergamot sharpened by cardamom's green spice. The effect is clean and immediate, almost cologne-like in its clarity, before the fragrance begins to deepen. As it settles, magnolia and jasmine emerge, adding a floral softness that feels restrained rather than opulent, tempered by the opening's lingering spice.
The base brings weight without heaviness. Vetiver and patchouli provide an earthy foundation, while vanilla and musk round the edges into something smooth and skin-close. Cedar adds a woody dryness that keeps the composition from turning sweet. The overall character leans fresh-woody rather than oriental, despite the vanilla—a versatile middle ground that works for daytime office wear or casual evenings.
This is approachable fragrance-making: uncomplicated, wearable, and built around familiarity rather than provocation. It suits someone looking for something polished without making a loud statement.
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.
