Black Vetiver
Black pepper and cardamom crackle open with a dry, nose-tingling snap that bergamot softens just enough to keep the topp from turning harsh.
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.
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody50
- Iris
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Cardamom
- Bergamot
- Incense
- Iris
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readBlack pepper and cardamom crackle open with a dry, nose-tingling snap that bergamot softens just enough to keep the topp from turning harsh. The incense arrives early, threading smoke through the spices, while iris adds a cool, chalky layer that mutes brightness and pulls the scent toward grey flannel. Vetiver dominates the base, its rooty bitterness amplified by the lingering pepper; amber and musk round the edges without adding sweetness, so the finish stays austere and slightly smoky. Projection hovers at arm’s length for six hours, then collapses to a muted, woody skin veil. Cool autumn days and office corridors suit its restrained, pepper-iris drape.
Scent twins
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