Smoke
**Smoke** opens with a stark, almost ceremonial wave of benzoin—dense and resinous, like incense cinders still warm on the charcoal.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 5 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.
- Incense80
- Tonka75
- Amber65
- Musk30
- Iris Powder10
By the editors · 2 min read**Smoke** opens with a stark, almost ceremonial wave of benzoin—dense and resinous, like incense cinders still warm on the charcoal. There's no sweetness at first, just a dry, powdery smoke that clings to the skin with unexpected weight. It smells quietly ecclesiastical, though not overtly religious.
As it settles, tonka bean rises through the haze, softening the edges without sweetening them entirely. The composition becomes rounder, more skin-like, as if the smoke has soaked into fabric rather than dissipating into air. What emerges is neither gourmand nor strictly oriental—just a calm, amber-lit stillness.
This is minimalism with presence. It suits those who want fragrance to suggest rather than announce, to linger like memory rather than entrance. A scent for solitary rituals and quiet rooms.