D Noir
Black currant and bergamot open with a tart, slightly bitter fruitiness that feels more purple than citrus.
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.
- Aromatic50
- White Floral50
- Woody50
- Iris
The note pyramid
- Black Currant
- Bergamot
- Magnolia
- Jasmine
- Heliotrope
- Lily of the Valley
- Freesia
By the editors · 2 min readBlack currant and bergamot open with a tart, slightly bitter fruitiness that feels more purple than citrus. The heart piles on white florals—magnolia, jasmine, lily-of-the-valley—plus powdery heliotrope and a faint rose, creating a clouded, creamy bouquet that muffles the opening brightness. Sandalwood and vetiver bring dry woodiness, while peach skin, iris butter and amber thicken the base into a suede-like sweetness that finally lets leather peek through. Over hours the florals fold into the peach-iris accord, leaving a soft musky skin trail that smells like powdered suede apricots. Moderate projection stays within arm’s reach; best for cool spring days or smart-casual offices where you want polish without shouting.
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.
