Amber Kiso
A journey into the cool, forested heart of Japan's Kiso Valley, where temple incense drifts through ancient hinoki groves.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Smoky80
- Woody75
- Mossy65
- Leather
The note pyramid
- Incense
- Cedar
- Maple
- Patchouli
- Iris
- Moss
By the editors · 2 min readA journey into the cool, forested heart of Japan's Kiso Valley, where temple incense drifts through ancient hinoki groves. The opening is austere and resinous—smoky cedar and incense that feel more meditative than decorative. As it settles, an unexpected sweetness emerges from maple sap, grounded by earthy patchouli and a whisper of powdery iris that softens the wood without prettifying it.
The base reveals its most compelling layer: damp moss and supple leather intertwine with hinoki's pale, almost lemony木 character. This isn't amber in the warm, vanillic sense, but rather the golden light filtering through evergreens at dusk.
It suits those drawn to woody fragrances with substance and restraint—people who appreciate incense but don't want to smell like a shrine, who want depth without heaviness. Unisex in the truest sense, quiet but persistent.
Scent twins
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