Santal Blanc
Santal Blanc opens with a gentle diffusion of violet—more a powdery softness than a floral statement—that immediately tempers the sandalwood at its core.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 2 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.
- Vanilla52
- Amber42
The note pyramid
- Sandalwood
- Violet
- Tonka Bean
- Benzoin
- Musk
- Tonka Bean
- Grapefruit
- Mandarin
By the editors · 2 min readSantal Blanc opens with a gentle diffusion of violet—more a powdery softness than a floral statement—that immediately tempers the sandalwood at its core. This isn't raw wood but something refined and milky, almost blurred at the edges, as if sandalwood were wrapped in cashmere rather than presented on its own terms.
As it settles, benzoin and tonka bean arrive to amplify that lactonic sweetness, pushing the composition further into a creamy, slightly vanillic territory. The musk underneath keeps everything close to the skin, never projecting loudly but maintaining a steady, comforting presence. The violet persists as a fine powder note, ensuring the wood never feels too austere.
What emerges is a sandalwood fragrance for those who find traditional sandalwood too medicinal or too bare. It's deliberately soft, designed for intimacy rather than impact—a scent that reads as warmth and cleanliness in equal measure, suitable for anyone seeking something unobtrusive yet undeniably present.
Scent twins
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