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Soul Of The Forest

Soul of the Forest opens with damp, loamy moss—not the bright green kind, but the shadowy carpet beneath old-growth trees.

ConcentrationFragrance
Forunisex
Released2016
Perfumerunknown
Statusenriched
2016 · Fragrance
inc·lab·ced·pat
Rating
4.1
0.7k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 6 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.

  • Incense
    70
  • Labdanum
    70
  • Cedar
    65
  • Patchouli
    65
  • Oakmoss
    55

By the editors · 2 min readSoul of the Forest opens with damp, loamy moss—not the bright green kind, but the shadowy carpet beneath old-growth trees. Black currant lends a tart, almost fermented edge, as if you've crushed dark berries underfoot on a forest floor. The effect is immediate and enveloping, smelling more of earth than fruit.

As it settles, labdanum emerges with its resinous warmth, binding the composition together like amber sap on bark. Incense weaves through the heart, not churchy but subtle, grounding the sweetness with smoke. Patchouli and cedar anchor the base without dominating, creating a woody backbone that feels structural rather than decorative.

This is a scent for those who find comfort in forests at dusk, when light slants low and the air smells of decay and renewal at once. Unisex, introspective, wearing closer to the skin than projecting outward.

Filed: Maison Martin MargielaSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap