Red Wood
The opening snaps with pink pepper's fizzy bite, bright and almost sherbet-like, before magnolia arrives with its cool, lemony creaminess.
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.
- Cedar40
- Black Pepper35
- Musk35
- Rose30
- Amber25
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening snaps with pink pepper's fizzy bite, bright and almost sherbet-like, before magnolia arrives with its cool, lemony creaminess. This isn't the heavy white floral of classic perfumery but something lighter and more transparent, softened by lychee's sweet, watery fruit. The combination feels modern and approachable, like sunlight through sheer curtains.
As it settles, rose threads through quietly, never dominating, while the base brings amberwood and cedar into a warm, slightly resinous frame. The woods here aren't particularly assertive—they provide structure without density, keeping the composition airy. Musk adds a clean skin-like quality that holds everything together without demanding attention.
Red Wood reads as a streamlined, wearable floral-woody hybrid. It skirts the line between fresh and warm without committing fully to either, making it easy to layer into daily rotation. Best suited to those who want something polished and uncomplicated, neither loud nor invisible.
