Carved Oud
The opening flicker of pink pepper quickly subsides into a deeply resinous heart where guaiac wood dominates—darker and smokier than oud itself, with an almost medicinal intensity that feels carved from ancient timber rather than extracted.
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.
- Patchouli80
- Sandalwood75
- Cedar65
- Musk60
- Iris55
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening flicker of pink pepper quickly subsides into a deeply resinous heart where guaiac wood dominates—darker and smokier than oud itself, with an almost medicinal intensity that feels carved from ancient timber rather than extracted. Cedar and patchouli provide structure, while a breath of iris keeps the woods from turning oppressively heavy, adding a faint mineral coolness that prevents sweetness from taking over too soon.
As it settles, sandalwood and vanilla emerge to soften the composition's sharp edges, though the patchouli persists throughout, earthy and slightly damp. The amber and musk in the base create a skin-like warmth rather than projecting outward—this becomes an intimate scent after the first hour. Despite its name, there's no actual oud here, but the guaiac delivers a comparable gravity and shadow.
Best suited to those who want the impression of oud without its animalic or barnyardy tendencies. Carved-Oud feels deliberately restrained, almost austere, wearing closer to a woody iris than a true Middle Eastern profile.
