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Eau Sacrée Heeley 2016

8.0 / 10 157 Ratings

A popular perfume by Heeley for women and men, released in 2016. The scent is resinous-smoky. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Resinous

Smoky

Spicy

Woody

Earthy

Fragrance Notes

Frankincense

Labdanum

Myrrh

Amber

Spices

Musk

Patchouli

Vetiver

Perfumer

James Heeley

Ratings

Scent

8.0157 Ratings

Longevity

7.8124 Ratings

Sillage

7.0121 Ratings

Bottle

7.7112 Ratings

Value for money

6.749 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone · last update on 12/14/2025.

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Reviews

6 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/15/2021

8.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Alebho
16 Reviews

Alebho

4

Very nice unisex incense-rose

Wow. Eau sacree by Heeley is very nice and particular, and could become a favorite perfume of some people. Why? Because it is a singolar fragrance reaching to be a pure incense (with inside an amount of various incense type) and also having a strong unisex rose appeal, added to clear labdanum, light woodies, dark patchouli and spicies. Good durability and strong presence, but remember all depends from your skin PH.

The beauty of this, it's that a strong smokyness rose will be projected for a long time, always in same step with the incenses.

I know that for give an intense liturgical feeling, need to to use more than just one incense like frankincense, in fact in Eau Sacree there are more, like myrrh and maybe some other. So they won the challenge and I want to put it in the category of "liturgical incense" mostly for the entire drydown.

Clearly it hasn't the full cathedralic feeling like Avignon, Lavs, Liturgie des Heures etc etc, or it's better to say *it hasnt only this* - because Heeley created this perfume putting other noticeable accords inside, that will help also to earn more longevity (usually issue of pure full incense perfume).
Suggested? Sure
(Perfect for men and women both)

08/21/2022

9Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

BobbyGee
230 Reviews

BobbyGee

3

Heeley / Eau Sacrée

Fragrance 3x stronger than its classic father Heeley-Cardinal. Here we have an extract (my father was Eau de Parfum). Everything was improved in the son of the Cardinal - depth, black / white, mysticism, and most of all the power and length of the projection. family :-)
In short, it is a combination of roasted labdanum, olibanum, myrrh,… ..with the addition of patchouli, vetiver, musk ……. concentrated, dense, very smoky, black, and at the same time spacious and mystical incense lightened with… rose. I RECOMMEND.

“Since time immemorial, incense was believed to have extraordinary properties, and therefore was used to perform rituals to purify the soul, free the mind from worldly worries, and lift the spirit. To celebrate this lofty tradition, Heeley has created the elegant and timeless fragrance Eau Sacrée - a source of peace.
Peace extract, grace, holiness, stone, silence, faith, light, piety, sacrament, spirit, purity, space, divinity, trinity, soul ”.

12/10/2023

8.5Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Pierreparfum
19 Reviews

Pierreparfum

2

Great incense but poor performances

I ve tried it on my skin. Love the peppery opening. Then develops a deep church incense smell. Really cold, mystical. But longevity was so poor on me. After 3 hours I couldn t even smell it on my skin. I was very disappointed also because it's an extrait de parfum so I was hoping a much better longevity. Be also aware that it's not an easy fragrance to wear.

01/17/2025

9Scent 7Longevity 8Sillage

Chiyogami
11 Reviews

Chiyogami

1

Like an improved Avignon

This is a frankincense and myrrh BOMB on my skin, wonderfully dark, mid-weight and ambery, with a rosemary/sage combo effect that strikes me as quite savoury. I get no pine whatsoever, but certainly something woody. There's also no smoke here, to my nose. The vetiver and patchouli anchors this in the damp earth, and on my skin, there is only the slightest hint of rose that comes across similarly to a metallic saffron note. This is happy for me, as I generally prefer rose as a low-key supporting actor.

This, Cardinal and Sel Marin are top of my list of enduring favourites from Heeley, and high in the mix of interesting but inoffensive favourites in general. Eau Sacree is the fall/winter answer to Cardinal's spring/summer vibes, the warmth to Cardinal's cool loftiness, the repressed sensuality flowing beneath Cardinal's holy refinement. I know Cardinal did it first, but I can't pick a favourite between the two of them.

09/30/2016

6Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Prokion
96 Reviews

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Top Review 15

"Bilder im Kopf" - Spontaneous Impressions

On the skin:

Ahoj-Brause "Cola"
Haribo Cola bottles
Wood vinegar
Allgäu pine bath foam
Fir honey
A hint of beeswax candle
A trace of propolis mouthwash

In the first 20 minutes, it felt very static, almost monotonous. Rather unusually fresh.
It slowly develops into a bright, woody direction. The patchouli gradually gains strength.
Over the next 2 to 4 hours, you can really pick out the individual notes. The trace of vetiver is very clear, almost cool-silvery. It may sound a bit clumsy, but what I miss in this scent is a soul, a center, a resting point. I feel like something is missing. Eau Sacrèe seems too indecisive, incomplete to me. And for the price, I find that a bit meager.

I cannot deny it has a certain purity and quality. But that is not enough.

Since this was the introductory comment on this fragrance, I am curious to see how others perceive it.
Especially regarding the cola notes.

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