Black Peony
Black Peony opens with bergamot — tidy and brief, a citrus courtesy note that gives way quickly to the fruity-floral center.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 16 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.
- Fruity60
- Aromatic50
- Balsamic50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Peach
- Freesia
- Sandalwood
- Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min readBlack Peony opens with bergamot — tidy and brief, a citrus courtesy note that gives way quickly to the fruity-floral center. Peach and freesia occupy the heart in a soft, sun-warmed arrangement: the peach is velvet rather than sticky, and the freesia stays white and airy. There is no black peony in the traditional sense; the name implies drama that the fragrance doesn't deliver.
The base warms without anchoring heavily — vanilla and sandalwood keep things hospitable and close-wearing. This is a lunchtime fragrance, decidedly feminine, built for mild climates and easy-going occasions. Approachable rather than memorable.
Scent twins
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