Sacred Wood
Sacred Wood opens with a haze of dry incense—dusty myrrh and Atlas cedar threading together in a way that feels meditative rather than overtly resinous.
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.
- Woody80
- Smoky70
- Lactonic50
- Powdery
The note pyramid
- Sandalwood
- Myrrh
- Atlas Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readSacred Wood opens with a haze of dry incense—dusty myrrh and Atlas cedar threading together in a way that feels meditative rather than overtly resinous. The sandalwood heart arrives quickly, creamy and faintly spiced, settling into something more austere than plush. There's an intentional dryness here, as if the wood has been aged in stone rather than sun.
As it develops, the myrrh sharpens the edges without turning harsh, lending a faint smokiness that never tips into temple cliché. The cedar adds structure, keeping the composition grounded and architectural. This is sandalwood seen through a cooler, more minimalist lens—no sweetness, no vanilla cushion.
It suits those who want something contemplative and clean-lined, a fragrance that whispers rather than announces. Unisex in the truest sense, it wears close and feels more like a ritual than an ornament.
Scent twins
In this family
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