Néroli Outrenoir
The opening is a torrent of citrus—petitgrain's green bitterness colliding with bergamot and grapefruit, bright but shadowed by something darker waiting beneath.
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.
- Bergamot75
- Oakmoss70
- Orange65
- Incense60
- Lemon55
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is a torrent of citrus—petitgrain's green bitterness colliding with bergamot and grapefruit, bright but shadowed by something darker waiting beneath. This is neroli framed in charcoal rather than sunlight, its white floral sweetness quickly threaded with smoke that feels intentional, almost ceremonial.
As it settles, the contrast sharpens. Orange blossom and neroli bloom against myrrh's resinous weight and what reads as incense ash more than literal smoke. The effect is less about darkness overwhelming light than the two holding tension—neither quite winning. Oakmoss and benzoin anchor the base with vintage Guerlain gravity, though vanilla keeps it from turning austere.
This suits those drawn to contradiction: the person who wants aldehydic brightness but also wants to smell like they've been near something burning. It's formal without being safe, wearable without being easy.
