F by Ferragamo pour Homme Black Salvatore Ferragamo 2009 Eau de Toilette
The first spray delivers a vivid green apple brightness tempered by aromatic lavender—less barbershop than orchard at dusk.
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.
- Apple55
- Black Pepper50
- Tonka45
- Labdanum40
- Lavender35
By the editors · 2 min readThe first spray delivers a vivid green apple brightness tempered by aromatic lavender—less barbershop than orchard at dusk. The sweetness stays taut, kept in check by the lavender's herbal coolness and a faint metallic edge that prevents the apple from turning candy-like.
As it settles, black pepper emerges with genuine bite, giving the composition a dark, spicy backbone that justifies the "Black" in its name. The apple recedes but never disappears, leaving a clean, modern fruitiness behind. Tonka bean and labdanum in the base create a quietly resinous warmth, smooth but not heavy, sweet but not sugared.
This is approachable masculinity with a deliberate edge—office-appropriate but interesting enough to notice. It wears close, fades relatively quickly, and suits someone looking for fruit-forward freshness with just enough darkness to avoid the overtly bright cologne territory.
