Paul Smith Extreme Woman
The opening is tart and bright — black currant brings a faintly smoky, jammy edge that bergamot lifts into something more sharp and citric than sweet.
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.
- Citrus55
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Black Currant
- Bergamot
- Lily of the Valley
- Freesia
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is tart and bright — black currant brings a faintly smoky, jammy edge that bergamot lifts into something more sharp and citric than sweet. It's early-2000s in the best way, before that became a pejorative: confident, a little blunt, not trying to charm you. The heart softens considerably. Lily of the valley and freesia read as clean rather than powdery, kept honest by a thread of musk that holds the whole structure intimate.
The base is warmer than the opening suggests. Sandalwood and amber mellow the astringent tartness, while vetiver adds an earthy counterpressure that prevents the drydown from smoothing out entirely. Patchouli stays low — structural rather than aromatic. Cedar threads through quietly. Suits those who prefer their florals with a built-in edge.
Scent twins
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