Wood for Him
Wood-for-Him opens with a bright citrus rush—lemon and bergamot sharpened by ginger's green heat.
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.
- Earthy70
- Citrus60
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Ginger
- Violet Leaf
- Cardamom
- Ambrox
- Vetiver
- Ambroxan
- Ginger
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readWood-for-Him opens with a bright citrus rush—lemon and bergamot sharpened by ginger's green heat. It's clean and immediate, the kind of fresh start that feels effortlessly masculine without being clichéd. Within minutes, cardamom and violet leaf introduce a vegetal spice that keeps the composition from veering too sweet or too sharp.
The drydown is where it finds its identity: ambroxan and vetiver create a woody-mineral haze that hovers close to skin. It's abstract wood rather than forest floor, modern and synthetic in the best sense—smooth, long-lasting, versatile. The effect is polished but not precious, casual enough for daily wear yet deliberate enough to register as intentional.
This suits someone looking for an uncomplicated signature that won't dominate a room. It's approachable, office-safe, reliably pleasant—a wood scent built for reliability rather than provocation.
Scent twins
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