Black Sea
A cool marine draft runs through this composition, bergamot arriving sharp and slightly saline before the florals emerge.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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.
- Bergamot75
- Musk65
- Oakmoss60
- Patchouli55
- Marine45
By the editors · 2 min readA cool marine draft runs through this composition, bergamot arriving sharp and slightly saline before the florals emerge. Ylang-ylang and orange blossom layer softly at the heart, neither one dominating, creating a weighted floral haze that feels more contemplative than bright. The interplay is unusual—tropical richness tempered by something restrained, almost austere.
The base pulls toward classic chypre territory with oakmoss and patchouli anchoring the florals, but white musk and ambergris smooth the edges into something softer and more wearable than the older templates. There's a driftwood quality here, sun-bleached and mineral rather than aggressively woody.
Black Sea reads as a modern reinterpretation of floral chypre ideas, coastal without being aquatic, suited to those who want florals with some gravity and a whisper of the outdoors.
