Black Incense Malaki
The opening is a soft collision of cinnamon and cardamom, warm but not sweet, like the scent lingering in a spice merchant's quiet back room.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- Cinnamon80
- Leather75
- Cardamom70
- Amber65
- Labdanum45
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is a soft collision of cinnamon and cardamom, warm but not sweet, like the scent lingering in a spice merchant's quiet back room. Leather emerges early, supple rather than sharp, and the clary sage keeps the blend from turning too plush, adding a faintly herbal restraint.
As it settles, guaiac wood thickens the base with its smoky, almost tarry presence, while amber provides gentle radiance without veering into syrupy territory. The incense here is subdued, woven into the woods rather than dominating them. It's darker than its name suggests, more resinous and grounded than ecclesiastical.
This suits someone drawn to composed, autumnal warmth without theatricality. It's introspective without being austere, substantial without weight. A fragrance for cool evenings and wool coats.
