Incense Oud
Patchouli dominates the heart, pushing an earthy, slightly camphoraceous green that darkens the rose and cedar pairing.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Patchouli80
- Woody70
- Smoky60
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Patchouli
- Atlas Cedar
- Rose
- Amber
- Styrax
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readPatchouli dominates the heart, pushing an earthy, slightly camphoraceous green that darkens the rose and cedar pairing. The rose here is dry, almost papery, while Atlas cedar adds splintered wood shavings; together they read as a cool, graphite-grey incense rather than florals. Amber and styrax in the base warm the blend, turning the earlier dryness into a leathery, resinous glow that clings close to skin. Musk shepherds the transition, smoothing rough edges without adding sweetness, so the finish smells like extinguished incense sticks left in an old wooden box. Projection stays reserved, creating a private cloud of smoky wood and muted amber that lasts through a workday. Cool evenings and layered clothing suit its introverted character best.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
