Black Oud
Cumin and nutmeg create an immediately pungent, dusty-spice opening that feels simultaneously kitchen-warm and arid.
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.
- Warm Spicy70
- Woody50
- Vanilla50
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Cumin
- Nutmeg
- Labdanum
- Sandalwood
- Amber
- Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min readCumin and nutmeg create an immediately pungent, dusty-spice opening that feels simultaneously kitchen-warm and arid. Labdanum takes over in the heart, folding the spices into a leathery, resinous amber glow that softens their bite and adds a gentle smokiness. Sandalwood and cedar arrive together, the former supplying creamy wood, the latter a dry pencil-shave texture, while vanilla sweetens the edges and a classic amber accord lends golden depth. Over hours the cumin recedes, letting the woods dominate in a skin-hugging haze that stays resin-sweet yet quietly rugged. Projection sits at arm’s length for most of the wear, making it an easy cool-weather companion for casual evenings or layered fall days.
Scent twins
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