Black Cologne
Bergamot and anise introduce a fresh-spicy opening with a licorice-like sharpness that quickly softens.
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.
- Powdery60
- Fresh Spicy60
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Anise
- Jasmine
- Clary Sage
- Vetiver
- Iris
By the editors · 2 min readBergamot and anise introduce a fresh-spicy opening with a licorice-like sharpness that quickly softens. Jasmine and clary sage form a floral-herbal heart that adds a green, slightly aromatic depth to the structure. Vetiver provides an earthy, dry woody base that grounds the composition with a clean rooty character. Iris contributes a powdery texture that smooths the transition into a soft, skin-close dry-down. The scent shifts from bright and aromatic to earthy and powdery within the first hour. Projection is intimate from the start, lasting about five hours with minimal sillage. Best for spring and fall, suitable for casual or daytime wear.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.