Pu'er Tea
Incense and vetiver together form this minimal, two-note composition.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 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.
- Smoky70
- Aromatic50
- Woody50
- Green
The note pyramid
- Cedar
- Patchouli
- Incense
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readIncense and vetiver together form this minimal, two-note composition. No top notes indicate an immediate plunge into the base register — there is no opening brightness to ease the transition, just the two materials from the start.
Incense contributes smoky, resinous depth; vetiver adds its distinctive earthy, smoky-rooty quality. The two share a smoky register that overlaps and reinforces, creating a composition that is austere and meditative. The name Pu'er Tea is evocative — pu-erh tea shares the earthy, slightly fermented character that vetiver can express.
With only two notes and no additional context, confidence is very low. The composition reads as a minimalist incense-vetiver study — dark, contemplative, and entirely unsuitable for casual cheerful contexts. Best in cooler months.
Scent twins
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