Sacred Wood Anniversary Edition

Sacred Wood Anniversary Edition (2014) is Kilian's Oriental Woody built on a near-total sandalwood architecture. It opens with ambrette seed, carrot seed and pink pepper — dry, faintly powdery spice rather than citrus brightness — before settling into a heart of sandalwood, milk, amyris, copahu balm, elemi and caraway. That lactonic milk note is what separates it from the original: creamy, soft, almost skin-like against the resinous balms.

The base is where collectors will linger: Atlas cedar, Mysore sandalwood, incense, myrrh, tolu balsam and amber. Expect a woody-powdery continuum, warm-spicy and balsamic, with the incense and myrrh giving a quiet smokiness under the cream. Given the 100% woody and 70% powdery accords, this suits someone who wants sandalwood as the protagonist, not a supporting player — better for cool weather, evening wear, or collectors chasing the Mysore-style drydown. Sample first if heavy powder or lactonic warmth reads cloying on your skin.

Sacred Wood 週年紀念版（2014）係 Kilian 嘅東方木質之作，幾乎以檀香為整個骨架。開場係Ambrette、紅蘿蔔籽同粉紅胡椒，乾爽而帶粉質辛香，唔係柑橘式嘅明亮。中調轉入檀香、牛奶、Amyris、Copahu 香脂、欖香同葛縷子，當中嘅奶香令佢同原版有明顯分別，柔滑貼膚，同樹脂香脂互相拉扯。基調由 Atlas 雪松、Mysore 檀香、乳香、沒藥、吐魯香脂同琥珀組成，木質粉感一路延展，暖辛而帶香脂氣息，乳香同沒藥喺奶滑底下滲出淡淡煙燻。整體以木質為主、粉感明顯，適合鍾意檀香做主角而唔係配角嘅收藏者；秋冬、夜晚或想追 Mysore 式乾燥尾調時最合用。若你對重粉感或奶甜暖意敏感，建議先試香再入手。