Deep Red
Deep Red opens with a tart brightness—blood orange and black currant collide in a juicy, slightly bitter burst that skips past typical fruity sweetness.
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.
- Tuberose70
- Orange60
- Sandalwood50
- Vanilla50
- Musk40
By the editors · 2 min readDeep Red opens with a tart brightness—blood orange and black currant collide in a juicy, slightly bitter burst that skips past typical fruity sweetness. The pear lingers underneath, soft but present, lending a pale green coolness to the initial spray.
As it settles, ginger heats the composition from within, threading through creamy tuberose that never quite blooms into full white-floral opulence. Freesia adds a crisp, almost soapy transparency, keeping the heart from turning heavy. The effect is warmer than the opening suggests, but still restrained—somewhere between fresh and sensual without committing fully to either.
The base rounds out with sandalwood and vanilla, gentle and skin-close, while musk provides a clean finish. It's a fragrance that reads as polished and deliberate, suited to someone who wants presence without drama—a scent that works in both daylight and evening without demanding attention.
