Spicebomb
Spicebomb announces itself with a sharp burst of pink pepper that feels almost combustive, quickly tempered by citrus that keeps the opening from tipping into aggression.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 3 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.
- Cinnamon90
- Tobacco75
- Leather70
The note pyramid
- Pink Pepper
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Cinnamon
- Saffron
- Leather
By the editors · 2 min readSpicebomb announces itself with a sharp burst of pink pepper that feels almost combustive, quickly tempered by citrus that keeps the opening from tipping into aggression. The spice accord is genuine and direct—cinnamon heat backed by saffron's metallic warmth—but it never crosses into potpourri territory. This is spice as structure rather than decoration.
As it settles, the leather and tobacco emerge with surprising restraint, creating a base that's more charcoal sketch than oil painting. The vetiver adds a woody dryness that keeps everything from turning sweet or cloying. What results is a fragrance that wears louder than most but never shouts, walking the line between bold statement and wearable spice.
Best suited to cool weather and evening wear, though it has enough citrus brightness to work during the day. It projects noticeably for the first few hours before settling closer to the skin with a warm, slightly smoky finish.
Scent twins
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