Wood and Spices
Wood and Spices opens with a sharp burst of pink pepper that quickly settles into a heart of cedar and violet leaf.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 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.
- Woody75
- Warm Spicy65
- Aromatic50
- Balsamic
By the editors · 2 min readWood and Spices opens with a sharp burst of pink pepper that quickly settles into a heart of cedar and violet leaf. The cedar here is dry and almost austere, stripped of sweetness, while the violet contributes a faintly metallic greenness rather than any floral softness. There's a whisper of cumin in the background that adds warmth without tipping into the culinary.
As it develops, the composition reveals its skeletal structure—this is cedar as architectural element rather than decorative flourish. The spices recede to a low hum, letting the wood dominate with a linear persistence typical of Montale's approach. The overall effect is clean and direct, almost ascetic in its refusal to seduce.
This suits someone drawn to minimalist woods who finds most oriental blends too ornate. It wears close and stays composed in heat, making it practical for daily wear in climates where heavier fragrances collapse.
Scent twins
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