Illusions Noires Le Premier Parfum Eau de Minuit
Illusions Noires Le Premier Parfum is the original 1997 in mourning dress.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Iris60
- Vanilla60
- Smoky60
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Myrrh
- Iris
- Licorice
- Jasmine Sambac
- Benzoin
- Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min readIllusions Noires Le Premier Parfum is the original 1997 in mourning dress. Iris and myrrh open dry, smoky, almost ecclesiastical — the cherry-violet brightness of the parent has been wiped away and replaced with something silver-gray and resinous.
Licorice still sits at the heart, but it's the bitter Sambucca version rather than the candy. Jasmine sambac is added more for shadow than perfume — a damp white floral inside a stone room. The composition reads less like an extension of the original and more like a black-mass remix of it.
Benzoin and vanilla in the base sweeten the smoke just enough to keep it wearable. A 2012 limited edition that's quieter and more gothic than its source. Best in cold weather, after dark.
Scent twins
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