Orchid Noir
Black currant introduces a sharp, cassis-like tartness that immediately cuts through the floral opening with its fruity edge.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- White Floral60
- Warm Spicy50
- Balsamic50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Jasmine
- Ylang-Ylang
- Black Currant
- Vetiver
- Amber
- Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min readBlack currant introduces a sharp, cassis-like tartness that immediately cuts through the floral opening with its fruity edge. Jasmine and ylang-ylang form a rich white-floral heart, their indolic and creamy aspects blending into a tropical floral accord. Vanilla and amber emerge in the base, adding a warm, resinous sweetness that softens the floral intensity significantly. Vetiver provides a dry, earthy counterpoint that prevents the dry-down from becoming overly sweet or cloying. The composition evolves from bright fruity-floral to a warm, ambery-woody finish over several hours. Sillage projects moderately at first but recedes to a skin-scent trail, ideal for evening wear in cooler seasons.
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.
