South Water
Black currant opens with a bright, juicy tartness that immediately establishes a fruity and slightly green character.
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.
- Musky60
- Fresh50
- Tropical50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Black Currant
- Vanilla
- Mimosa
- White Musk
By the editors · 2 min readBlack currant opens with a bright, juicy tartness that immediately establishes a fruity and slightly green character. Vanilla emerges quickly, softening the fruit with a warm, creamy sweetness that blends seamlessly into the composition. Mimosa adds a soft, powdery floral quality that feels gentle and slightly honeyed against the skin. White musk provides a clean, skin-like base that amplifies the softness and gives a lasting, intimate trail. The scent remains relatively linear, holding its sweet and musky floral-fruity character throughout its wear. It projects softly for the first hour before settling close to the skin, lasting around four to six hours, best for spring and casual daytime occasions.
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.
