Bitter Peach
Bitter Peach opens with bruised stone fruit—overripe, nearly fermented—tempered by blood orange acidity and a cardamom rasp that keeps the sweetness from turning cloying.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 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.
- Peach100
- Tonka70
- Vanilla65
- Jasmine50
- Labdanum50
By the editors · 2 min readBitter Peach opens with bruised stone fruit—overripe, nearly fermented—tempered by blood orange acidity and a cardamom rasp that keeps the sweetness from turning cloying. The heliotrope adds a powdery almond undertone, like marzipan dusted over the fruit. It's loud at first, unapologetically so, but settles into something more skin-close within the hour.
The heart brings rum-soaked jasmine, a boozy floral that leans more nightclub than garden. This is where the fragrance finds its footing: sticky, warm, vaguely indolic. The drydown layers vanilla and tonka with labdanum's leathery grip, softened by sandalwood and a whisper of vetiver smoke. Cashmeran adds a musky halo that clings.
This is Tom Ford's vision of decadence—obvious, plush, designed to be noticed. It wears best on those who enjoy fragrances that announce themselves, who don't mind reapplying halfway through the evening. Think velvet banquettes and low lighting.