Rock The Ages Birch & Black Pepper
Black pepper and cardamom open with a sharp, warm-spicy kick that feels both aromatic and slightly pungent.
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.
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody50
- Vanilla
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Cardamom
- Birch
- Patchouli
- Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min readBlack pepper and cardamom open with a sharp, warm-spicy kick that feels both aromatic and slightly pungent. Birch and patchouli form a woody, earthy heart that adds depth and a touch of dry smokiness. Vanilla in the base introduces a soft, sweet contrast that smooths the sharper edges of the spices and woods. The composition evolves from spicy intensity to a warmer, more balanced dry-down with vanillic sweetness. Sillage is moderate initially but settles into a closer wear within two hours. Longevity is solid, lasting through the day with a consistent woody-spicy character. Best suited for evening or cooler weather occasions, particularly in fall or winter.
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.
