Santal Volcanique
Richard Ibanez builds Santal Volcanique around a central tension: the clean, milky warmth of sandalwood set against a volcanic spice arsenal.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Sandalwood55
- Cardamom35
- Vanilla35
- Amber35
- Musk35
By the editors · 2 min readRichard Ibanez builds Santal Volcanique around a central tension: the clean, milky warmth of sandalwood set against a volcanic spice arsenal. Lime opens with refreshing brightness before ginger, cardamom, clove, and nutmeg arrive in quick succession — a rich, complex spice accord that reads layered rather than linear, each contributing a distinct facet. Ylang-ylang introduces tropical floral richness, giving the spice a sweetness to work against. Coffee's roasted-bitter depth adds an unusual dimension before sandalwood and cedar resolve the base in creamy, resinous wood, amber and vanilla extending the warmth through a long dry-down. A confident, complex composition from a Parisian house that earns its price point.
