Paithani
Black Pepper crackles first, dry and electric, pulling cardamom’s green sparkle and nutmeg’s soft bite into a taut aromatic ring.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 5 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.
- Leather90
- Woody70
- Amber60
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Cardamom
- Nutmeg
- Rose
- Amberwood
- Leather
By the editors · 2 min readBlack Pepper crackles first, dry and electric, pulling cardamom’s green sparkle and nutmeg’s soft bite into a taut aromatic ring. The trio lands on a rose heart that smells steamed rather than sweet, its petals bruised by the lingering spice so the flower reads more matte, velvety dust than bloom. Amberwood soon rises, a warm, resinous blond wood threaded with labdanum’s honeyed leather undertow; cedar keeps the frame angular while a second, darker leather accord stretches underneath like well-worn saddle hide. Over hours the spices settle into a low, smoldering haze where wood, resin and hide become almost indistinguishable, projecting a calm, close presence that warms skin rather than announcing it. Cool evenings and sharp outdoor air let the pepper revive; office wear stays polite if sparingly applied.
Scent twins
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