Silky Woods
Silky Woods by Goldfield & Banks is an unisex eau de parfum from 2021 in the niche price tier. It opens with cinnamon and tobacco leaf, moves into ylang-ylang and vanilla and dries down to oud, suede, saffron, incense and sandalwood. Expect around 10 hours of wear, and it projects strongly.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Cinnamon Sweet heat. Reads festive, sometimes to a fault.
- Tobacco Leaf Greener and drier than cured tobacco. Hay-like.
Heart
- Ylang-Ylang Banana-custard floral. Rich, tropical and slightly rubbery.
- Vanilla Sweet, creamy and warm. The most comforting note in perfumery.
Dry-down
- Oud Resinous, medicinal, barnyard-adjacent wood. The most expensive note in perfumery.
- Suede Soft, powdery leather. Much gentler than the real thing.
- Saffron Leathery, medicinal and slightly metallic. The signature of modern niche.
- Incense Smoky, dry and meditative. Adds gravity to anything.
- Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
Smells like this
- Nishane Kredo
- Bon Parfumeur 107
- Boy Smells Incensorial
- Atkinsons 1799 Oud Save the King
- Penhaligon's Halfeti Leather
- Thameen The Black Carnation
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