Walking in Porta Venezia
Black pepper and star anise open with a sharp, dry spice — the anise gives an almost medicinal edge rather than a sweet one, while the lemon grounds it with a brief citrus lift.
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.
- Patchouli70
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy50
- Herbal
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Star Anise
- Lemon
- Cedar
- Patchouli
- Black Pepper
- Star Anise
- Patchouli
- Lemon
By the editors · 2 min readBlack pepper and star anise open with a sharp, dry spice — the anise gives an almost medicinal edge rather than a sweet one, while the lemon grounds it with a brief citrus lift. There is no listed heart, so the composition moves quickly toward cedar and patchouli, where the character settles.
The base is earthy and resinous, patchouli lending a dark, slightly damp quality and cedar keeping things upright and dry. Star anise threads through the drydown, giving this a slightly aromatic, herbal persistence. The overall effect is spare and angular — a spiced woody with more edge than warmth.
Scent twins
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