Bois d’Ombrie Eau D'Italie
Bois d'Ombrie opens with an emphatically unusual set of top notes: cognac and whiskey give boozy, fermented warmth; carrot contributes a woody, earthy quality; calamus a reedy sweetness.
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.
- Incense70
- Leather70
- Tobacco60
- Vetiver50
- Patchouli45
By the editors · 2 min readBois d'Ombrie opens with an emphatically unusual set of top notes: cognac and whiskey give boozy, fermented warmth; carrot contributes a woody, earthy quality; calamus a reedy sweetness. The combination is challenging at the outset — rough, a little rough-hewn, suggesting what follows.
Leather and orris root define the heart, the leather dominant and dry, orris contributing quiet powder. Copahu balm adds a subtle South American resinousness that bridges heart to base.
The base commits fully to its darkness: incense, myrrh, opoponax, vetiver, tobacco, and patchouli in concert — six notes, deep and tenacious. It's the smell of old smoke and dark wood and something faintly sacred. A niche fragrance that earns the adjective.
