Serpentine
Serpentine opens with a jolt of brisk tarragon and black pepper, spicy and green in equal measure.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- Black Pepper75
- Sandalwood65
- Amber55
- Green45
- Musk40
By the editors · 2 min readSerpentine opens with a jolt of brisk tarragon and black pepper, spicy and green in equal measure. The violet leaf adds a metallic, cucumber-like coolness that keeps the composition from settling into warmth too quickly. This is not the powdery violet of vintage florals but something more angular and modern, tempered by pepper's bite.
As it dries down, sandalwood and amber provide a creamy foundation without turning saccharine. The wood feels polished rather than raw, and the amber glows subtly beneath the spice. There's an animalic whisper of musk that gives the scent a skin-like quality, preventing it from reading as purely abstract.
Serpentine suits someone drawn to green spice over sweet florals, a fragrance that feels deliberate and slightly austere. It wears closer to the skin than many 2000s releases, more contemplative than loud.
