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Viktor & Rolf · Est. 2021

Spicebomb Infrared

Infrared pushes the original Spicebomb into warmer, more syrupy territory.

ConcentrationFragrance
Formasculine
Released2021
Statusenriched
Spicebomb Infrared — Viktor & Rolf
2021 · Fragrance
cin·tob·bla·amb
Rating
4.3
2.0k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 7 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
    75
  • Tobacco
    30
  • Black Pepper
    25
  • Amber
    20
  • Leather
    20

By the editors · 2 min readInfrared pushes the original Spicebomb into warmer, more syrupy territory. The opening flares with saffron's leathery bite and pink pepper's fizz, but within minutes the cinnamon takes over—not the delicate tea-shop kind, but thick, resinous, almost medicinal. It dominates the heart completely, coating everything in its wake.

The base tries to soften the intensity with benzoin's vanilla-tinged sweetness and a suggestion of dried tobacco leaf, but the cinnamon never fully retreats. This is a loud, deliberate fragrance that announces itself from across a room.

It works best in cold weather and on people who want to be noticed. Not subtle, not complex, but unapologetically itself—a concentrated blast of red spice and warmth that either suits your style or doesn't. For those who found the original too restrained, this delivers exactly what the name promises.

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

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap