The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Warm Spicy75
- Balsamic70
- Sweet70
- Fruity
The note pyramid
- Apple
- Lavender
- Black Pepper
- Tonka Bean
- Labdanum
By the editors · 2 min read# F by Ferragamo Black
The opening strikes a balance between crisp apple and aromatic lavender, neither sweetly dessert-like nor sharply medicinal. It's clean but not clinical, bright without veering into sport cologne territory. Within minutes, black pepper emerges with genuine heat, not just a symbolic spice note—it adds texture and bite that keeps the composition from settling into easy comfort.
As it develops, tonka bean and labdanum create a warm, slightly resinous base that feels more grown-up than the apple-heavy start might suggest. The sweetness stays restrained, leaning into soft leather and amber-like tones rather than vanilla confection. The lavender never fully disappears, threading through as a subtle herbal pulse beneath the warmer elements.
This works for someone who wants approachability with an edge—polished enough for evening but not so heavy it demands occasion. It wears close and doesn't project aggressively, which suits its understated character.
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.
