Black
Black opens with a dark plum accord—not jammy or sweet, but velvet-skinned and slightly bitter, like the fruit still on the branch.
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.
- Tuberose28
- Jasmine25
- Musk22
- Vanilla15
- Labdanum15
By the editors · 2 min readBlack opens with a dark plum accord—not jammy or sweet, but velvet-skinned and slightly bitter, like the fruit still on the branch. That richness gives way quickly to a white floral heart, tuberose and jasmine blooming against a backdrop of neroli's sharp citrus edge and ylang-ylang's creamy roundness. The contrast between the brooding plum and these luminous florals creates an almost gothic elegance.
As it settles, white musk and benzoin wrap the composition in a soft, resinous blur, with vanilla adding gentle warmth rather than gourmand sweetness. The effect is polished and nocturnal—less "black" in the sinister sense, more in the way of silk evening wear or dim-lit interiors.
This suits someone drawn to florals with weight and presence, who wants richness without heaviness. It wears close but insistent, formal without being distant.
