Midnight Gold
Midnight Gold opens with a sharp herbal snap — rosemary and black pepper — undercut by a quick citrus brightness from lime and neroli.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 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.
- Mossy70
- Patchouli60
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Rosemary
- Black Pepper
- Neroli
- Lime
- Cardamom
- Cedar
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readMidnight Gold opens with a sharp herbal snap — rosemary and black pepper — undercut by a quick citrus brightness from lime and neroli. Cardamom threads through, adding a dry warmth that keeps the opening from reading as purely green or fresh.
In the heart, cedar and patchouli anchor the composition without going heavily dark or resinous. The patchouli is restrained rather than earthy, letting the spice work linger from the top.
The base settles into amber and oakmoss, giving the finish a slightly mossy, woody depth. White musk adds softness but doesn't tip into sweetness. The overall effect is a structured, spice-forward aromatic with clean resolution.
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.
