Onction Henry Jacques 2019 Extrait de Parfum
Myrrh and saffron open with an immediate dense darkness — myrrh's bitter-medicinal balsamic resin meets saffron's smoky-leathery warmth.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Oud90
- Balsamic70
- Leather70
- Smoky
The note pyramid
- Myrrh
- Saffron
- Oud
- Opoponax
- Sandalwood
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readMyrrh and saffron open with an immediate dense darkness — myrrh's bitter-medicinal balsamic resin meets saffron's smoky-leathery warmth. The entry is unmistakably eastern, opulent and grown-up from the first moment.
Oud and opoponax develop the heart into even richer territory. Oud brings its characteristic smoky-leathery-animalic depth, while opoponax (sweet myrrh) adds a sticky golden balsamic warmth that softens oud's harder edges. The pairing is classic in attar tradition.
Sandalwood and patchouli close the composition with creamy-earthy support. Sandalwood smooths the oud's edges, while patchouli adds brown-velvet darkness underneath. The drydown stays leathery, smoky, and resin-forward. Overall it reads as a maximalist oud-myrrh composition, dense and meditative, oriented toward special occasions and cold-weather wear.
Scent twins
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