II-II Mandala
Frankincense and nutmeg open with a resinous, slightly medicinal sharpness that reads as ceremonial rather than cozy.
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.
- Balsamic90
- Warm Spicy85
- Cinnamon75
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Frankincense
- Angelica
- Nutmeg
- Cinnamon
- Frankincense
- Labdanum
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readFrankincense and nutmeg open with a resinous, slightly medicinal sharpness that reads as ceremonial rather than cozy. The incense stays central throughout, and the nutmeg gives it a dry, spiced edge without tipping into sweetness.
The heart adds clove, cardamom, and cinnamon alongside cedar — a dense cluster of warm spice that builds complexity without losing the frankincense backbone. Myrrh arrives in the base reinforcing the resinous quality, while oakmoss and sandalwood ground the whole structure in earthy, woody depth.
This reads as a meditative, slow-burning composition with significant presence. Ambergris brings cohesion in the dry-down. Best suited to cooler temperatures and occasions with gravitas.
Scent twins
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