He Wood Silver Wind Wood
He Wood Silver Wind Wood opens with a haze of incense and frankincense that feels more like standing near a Buddhist temple than a church—dry, contemplative, with aromatic sage and lavender softening the edges.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Smoky85
- Woody70
- Earthy60
- Lavender
The note pyramid
- Incense
- Sage
- Lavender
- Frankincense
- Nutmeg
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readHe Wood Silver Wind Wood opens with a haze of incense and frankincense that feels more like standing near a Buddhist temple than a church—dry, contemplative, with aromatic sage and lavender softening the edges. The effect is immediate and enveloping, a smoky veil that reads more meditative than masculine in the conventional sense.
As it settles, nutmeg adds a peppery warmth while musk begins to anchor the composition closer to skin. The transition is gradual, moving from that initial incense cloud into something more grounded without ever becoming heavy. Vetiver and cedar arrive late, lending a woody structure that feels almost skeletal—clean bones beneath translucent fabric rather than solid timber.
This is fragrance as atmosphere rather than statement. It suits someone comfortable with restraint, who wants presence without projection. The vanilla and amber barely sweeten; they simply keep the drier elements from becoming austere. A quiet, almost monastic sensibility runs through the entire development.
Scent twins
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