Piper Nigrum
Piper Nigrum opens in a medicinal, aromatic rush — mint, peppermint, fennel, and star anise combining into a challenging herbal-anise accord that reads almost apothecary in its directness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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 Spicy80
- Smoky70
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Mint
- Peppermint
- Fennel
- Star Anise
- Petitgrain
- Rosemary
- Black Pepper
By the editors · 2 min readPiper Nigrum opens in a medicinal, aromatic rush — mint, peppermint, fennel, and star anise combining into a challenging herbal-anise accord that reads almost apothecary in its directness. This is intentional: Lorenzo Villoresi is a collector of raw materials, and this composition reads like a spice cabinet opened with purpose. The heart deepens and warms: black pepper and rosemary extend the aromatic register with authority, frankincense and olibanum introduce resinous smoke, and clove and nutmeg bring dark spice warmth that makes the heart genuinely complex. The base resolves into a full incense accord — myrrh, benzoin, and styrax form a resinous triptych alongside twin cedars. A sophisticated aromatic for those who want their fragrance to take them somewhere specific.
Scent twins
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