Santal Wood
Santal Wood arrives as if Pierre Montale wanted to distill the idea of a spiced forest into a single, uncompromising statement.
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.
- Sandalwood80
- Incense60
- Cardamom60
- Black Pepper60
- Cedar50
By the editors · 2 min readSantal Wood arrives as if Pierre Montale wanted to distill the idea of a spiced forest into a single, uncompromising statement. Black pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, juniper, and violet leaves open simultaneously — a dense, multidirectional spice-and-needle accord that refuses to simplify itself for easy reading. Sandalwood and cedar emerge in the heart as the spices settle, the sandalwood rich and creamy where the cedar keeps it from becoming saccharine.
A dry patchouli note sits underneath, adding earth without dominating. The base is frankincense and ambergris over a bed of oakmoss, lending the whole composition a cathedral-cool dryness that brings the development to a deliberate resolution. It is a fragrance for cold-weather wearing — an argument that woody oriental does not have to mean sweet.
