Ombré Leather Parfum
The opening announces itself with cracked black pepper and a whisper of violet leaf—cool and slightly metallic—before the leather arrives.
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.
- Leather85
- Tobacco50
- Amber45
- Vetiver40
- Patchouli40
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening announces itself with cracked black pepper and a whisper of violet leaf—cool and slightly metallic—before the leather arrives. This is not the raw, animalic rawhide of traditional leather accords, but something more refined: suede dusted with cardamom and saffron, warmed by a suggestion of tobacco that never becomes sweet or overtly gourmand. The orris gives it a powdery, almost mineral softness that keeps the composition from turning harsh.
As it settles, the leather gains depth through amber and patchouli, while vetiver adds an earthy bitterness that grounds the sweeter elements. There's a musky warmth—presumably the civet note—that hovers just beneath the surface, animalic but restrained.
This reads as Tom Ford's attempt at a more concentrated, slightly darker iteration of the original Ombré Leather. It suits those drawn to leather fragrances that feel urban rather than rustic, appropriate for evening wear without demanding it.
