Royal Oud
Frankincense opens with a churchy, smoky resinousness complemented by dry, piquant nutmeg.
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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.
- Oud80
- Smoky70
- Woody60
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Frankincense
- Nutmeg
- Oud
- Labdanum
- Patchouli
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readFrankincense opens with a churchy, smoky resinousness complemented by dry, piquant nutmeg. Oud emerges quickly, lending a dark, slightly animalic woodiness that dominates the heart. Labdanum and patchouli contribute a balsamic, earthy depth that enriches the oud's character. The base features sandalwood's creamy smoothness alongside amber's warmth and vanilla's sweet resin. Musk provides a clean, skin-adhering foundation for the dense accord. This is a bold, evolving scent with significant sillage and extended longevity. Best reserved for evening wear and formal occasions in cold weather.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
