Favonius
Frankincense opens with a bright, citrus-pepper crackle as bergamot and pink pepper snap against the resin, creating an airy yet smoky introduction.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Smoky90
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Incense
- Frankincense
- Pink Pepper
- Bergamot
- Cypriol
- Clary Sage
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readFrankincense opens with a bright, citrus-pepper crackle as bergamot and pink pepper snap against the resin, creating an airy yet smoky introduction. The heart folds clary sage’s green bitterness around a dry, spicy rose, while cypriol adds a dusty, leathery nuance that keeps the incense ember glowing rather than flaring. As the base settles, sandalwood smooths the composition with creamy cedar, patchouli deepens the earthiness, and a quiet oud thread anchors the smoke without turning it medicinal. Mid-stage projection stays arm’s-length, projecting a cool, woody incense trail that feels equally appropriate for a crisp fall afternoon or a subdued winter evening. Complexity is moderate: the resinous core remains steady while subtle herbal and wood facets rotate.
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.
