Skin Petals
Black currant snaps open with tart, almost tannic green bite that quickly folds into a cool white-floral heart.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Musky60
- Fresh50
- White Floral50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Black Currant
- Jasmine
- Lily of the Valley
- Violet
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readBlack currant snaps open with tart, almost tannic green bite that quickly folds into a cool white-floral heart. Jasmine dominates the bouquet, its waxy petals sweetened by lily-of-the-valley's watery green edge, while violet leaf lends a discreet, iris-like powder that keeps the bouquet from turning sugary. The musk base is clean and skin-close, quietly ironing the florals into a soft, cotton-musk finish that smells like shower-warmed skin rather than laundry. Transition is gentle: the currant's tang lingers as a faint sparkle against the petals, then everything subsides into a sheer, slightly fruity musk veil that sits just above body heat. Projection stays within handshake range for four hours, making it an easy office scent for mild spring or early-fall days when you want floral airiness without sweetness.
Scent twins
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