Waidmanns Heil
Grapefruit opens crisply but briefly, quickly overtaken by frankincense — the incense is dry and slightly resinous, with nutmeg adding a warm spiced texture underneath.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Smoky80
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Frankincense
- Olibanum
- Nutmeg
- Ambergris
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readGrapefruit opens crisply but briefly, quickly overtaken by frankincense — the incense is dry and slightly resinous, with nutmeg adding a warm spiced texture underneath. The opening transition from citrus to incense is abrupt but intentional.
The heart develops into a dense, smoky aromatic core where olibanum reads as chalky and ecclesiastical. Nutmeg deepens the spice without sweetening it. Vetiver in the base adds earthy rootiness, while cashmeran and ambergris push the dry-down toward a warm, slightly animalic softness.
The overall character is incense-heavy and brooding, with balsamic warmth building through the dry-down. This wears best in cooler temperatures and suits evening or formal occasions where projection and intensity are appropriate.
Scent twins
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