Overdose
Black pepper and saffron crackle on first spray, a dry, hot spark that lifts the zest of orange, lemon, grapefruit and bergamot into a bright, resinous flare.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Aromatic70
- Fresh Spicy60
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Saffron
- Orange
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
- Cardamom
- Bergamot
By the editors · 2 min readBlack pepper and saffron crackle on first spray, a dry, hot spark that lifts the zest of orange, lemon, grapefruit and bergamot into a bright, resinous flare. The heart folds in cool sage and powdery iris, their muted green and grey veils quieting the citrus blaze while jasmine and lily keep the profile softly floral rather than sweet. As the spices ebb, tonka and sandalwood spread a creamy, blond wood layer that is deepened by earthy vetiver and a whisper of salty ambergris, the plum adding a dusk-purple tint that keeps the base from turning sugary. Projection stays at arm’s length for six hours, then settles to a skin-warmed woody musk. Cool autumn nights and smart-casual dinners are its natural habitat.
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.
