Vert d'Encens
Vert d'Encens opens with a blast of medicinal lavender and bright citrus, quickly grounded by earthy vetiver and a pronounced cardamom warmth.
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.
- Lavender80
- Vetiver70
- Incense60
- Cardamom60
- Jasmine50
By the editors · 2 min readVert d'Encens opens with a blast of medicinal lavender and bright citrus, quickly grounded by earthy vetiver and a pronounced cardamom warmth. The effect is immediately cleansing, almost austere—like stepping into a monastery garden at dawn where incense still hangs in the air from morning prayers. The greenness here isn't leafy or fresh; it's mineral, sage-brushed, slightly dusty.
As it settles, jasmine and heliotrope soften the edges without sweetening them, while patchouli and benzoin add a resinous weight that keeps everything tethered to skin. The composition never blooms or opens traditionally—it simply becomes denser, more meditative.
This is Tom Ford at his most restrained, designed for someone who wants presence without performance. It suits minimalist wardrobes and quiet confidence, functioning equally well in sterile modern spaces or ancient stone walls. Unisex in the truest sense, it asks nothing of the wearer except to carry it with intention.
