Refocus
Incense opens with a smoky aromatic quality that transitions into a woody heart of guaiac wood, cedar, and patchouli.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 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.
- Woody80
- Smoky60
- Balsamic50
- Patchouli
The note pyramid
- Incense
- Guaiac Wood
- Cedar
- Patchouli
- Sandalwood
- Labdanum
By the editors · 2 min readIncense opens with a smoky aromatic quality that transitions into a woody heart of guaiac wood, cedar, and patchouli. These create an earthy, slightly powdery accord that feels both dry and resinous simultaneously. Labdanum adds a balsamic warmth to the base while suede provides a subtle leather-like texture alongside clean musk. The dry-down becomes increasingly warm and skin-close with a focus on woody-resinous accords rather than projection. Longevity is excellent, lasting well beyond twelve hours with minimal sillage after the first few hours. Best worn in cool to cold weather for evening or formal occasions where its contemplative depth can be fully appreciated.
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.
