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Viktor & Rolf · Est. 2012

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.

ConcentrationFragrance
Formasculine
Released2012
Statusenriched
Spicebomb — Viktor & Rolf
2012 · Fragrance
cin·bla·tob·lea
Rating
4.3
11.5k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 6 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.

  • Cinnamon
    85
  • Black Pepper
    75
  • Tobacco
    70
  • Leather
    65
  • Vetiver
    60

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.

Filed: Viktor & RolfSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap