Black Orchid
Black Orchid opens dense and narcotic, a heavy pour of ylang-ylang and gardenia thick enough to coat the air.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Floral80
- Patchouli80
- Musky70
- Smoky
The note pyramid
- Gardenia
- Jasmine
- Ylang-Ylang
- Ylang-Ylang
- Black Currant
- Bergamot
- Bergamot
By the editors · 2 min readBlack Orchid opens dense and narcotic, a heavy pour of ylang-ylang and gardenia thick enough to coat the air. The jasmine is lush but never fresh, weighted down by dark fruit and a musky undercurrent that feels deliberately opaque. This is florals as drama, not prettiness.
As it settles, incense and patchouli deepen the composition into something resinous and almost medicinal. The sandalwood and vetiver add a woody foundation that keeps the whole thing from collapsing into pure sweetness, though the amber and musk provide a plush, enveloping warmth.
The overall effect is unapologetically loud, designed for nighttime and occasions where subtlety isn't the goal. It's the perfume equivalent of velvet curtains in a dim room—heavy, intentional, theatrical. It suits someone comfortable being noticed.
Scent twins
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