Unholy Oud
Incense rises first, dry and resinous, cutting through the bright snap of lemon and bergamot to create a smoky-citrus screen that feels almost charcoal-lit.
The scent fingerprint
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.
- Smoky70
- Vanilla60
- Woody50
- Rose
The note pyramid
- Incense
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Bulgarian Rose
- Tonka Bean
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readIncense rises first, dry and resinous, cutting through the bright snap of lemon and bergamot to create a smoky-citrus screen that feels almost charcoal-lit. Bulgarian rose steps in early, its petals cooled by the lingering citric edge so the bloom stays crisp rather than lush. As the heart settles, tonka and vanilla fold the smoke into a creamy, slightly almond-like haze while heliotrope lends a powdered sweetness that blunts any medicinal roughness. Sandalwood and patchouli anchor the base, keeping the confection airy with clean wood shavings and a whisper of earth so the fragrance never cloys. Projection rides moderate for six hours, casting a cozy resin-tinged cloud that reads smart-casual and autumn-ready.
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.
