Black Soul
Black Soul opens with a brisk meeting of bergamot and neroli — the citrus bright and the floral soft, almost honeyed — before the spice accord takes over.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Aromatic50
- Cinnamon50
- Warm Spicy50
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Sandalwood
- Cinnamon
- Neroli
- Guaiac Wood
- Saffron
- Cardamom
- Bergamot
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readBlack Soul opens with a brisk meeting of bergamot and neroli — the citrus bright and the floral soft, almost honeyed — before the spice accord takes over. Cinnamon, cardamom, and a thread of saffron build a warm, dusky backbone that sits somewhere between a spiced tea and a faintly smoky incense burn, without leaning too hard into either. The effect is unhurried and slightly exotic, not the aggressive spice-bomb common to this genre.
The dry-down is the quietest part: sandalwood and guaiac wood merge into musk for a smooth, skin-close finish that wears well past the initial hour. Black Soul is a confident evening masculine — not flashy, not niche, but assembled with enough spice complexity to reward close attention. A reliable cold-weather option for the wearer who wants warmth without sweetness.
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