Eau de Santal
A crisp citrus-and-cardamom greeting gives way almost immediately to sandalwood, the heart of this composition.
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.
- Sandalwood85
- Cedar45
- Cardamom40
- Vetiver40
- Bergamot35
By the editors · 2 min readA crisp citrus-and-cardamom greeting gives way almost immediately to sandalwood, the heart of this composition. The wood arrives cool and slightly austere, shadowed by vetiver's earthiness and cedar's pencil-shaving dryness. Lavender weaves through quietly, lending a barbershop refinement without dominating.
As it settles, the spices—clove and nutmeg—warm the woods from within, while olibanum adds a faint resinous depth. Vanilla and amber appear late, softening the edges just enough to make the sandalwood feel inhabited rather than architectural. The musk remains subtle, a skin-like backdrop rather than a statement.
This is sandalwood rendered classically: clean, composed, neither overtly masculine nor aggressively woody. It suits those who want the note itself front and center, supported but not crowded by its accompaniments. A straightforward study in restraint.
