Notorious
Notorious opens with a sharp jolt of pink pepper that feels almost metallic against sweet blackcurrant, like fruit dusted with gunpowder.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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.
- Vanilla40
- Apple35
- Iris Powder35
- Black Pepper30
- Musk30
By the editors · 2 min readNotorious opens with a sharp jolt of pink pepper that feels almost metallic against sweet blackcurrant, like fruit dusted with gunpowder. The bergamot softens the impact just enough to keep it wearable, but there's an insistent brightness here that announces itself without asking permission.
The heart settles into a peony note that reads less dewy garden and more cosmetic—clean, slightly powdery, the kind of floral that smells expensive in a department store way. It's pretty but composed, never raw or green.
The drydown is where things get comfortable: vanilla smooths everything into a skin-close hum, with patchouli adding just enough shadow to keep it from going entirely sweet. The musk gives it moderate projection without shouting. This is polished, unapologetic femininity for someone who wants to smell good without making a statement about smelling good. Straightforward, reliable, built for the office or a first date.