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Scents by Skanda 1994

6.9 / 10 31 Ratings

A perfume by Scents by Skanda for women and men, released in 1994. The scent is woody-gourmand. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Woody

Gourmand

Sweet

Spicy

Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Grain

Compressed Cardamom

Heart Notes

Cedarwood

Gourmand notes

Perpendicular Pepper

Base Notes

Sandarac

Ambergris

Vetiver

Ratings

Scent

6.931 Ratings

Longevity

7.524 Ratings

Sillage

5.920 Ratings

Bottle

6.832 Ratings

Submitted by Andi136 · last update on 08/11/2025.

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8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/18/2012

Trax
17 Reviews

Trax

1

Dark honey-ambered woods and cereals/grains

Dark honey-ambered woods and cereals with light citrus overtones. Overall sweet impression. Perfect for winter! Larger decant ordered immediately, this is a keeper! ;)

08/11/2025

ClaireV
969 Reviews

ClaireV

1

Syrup-ed woods

Cedre Sandaraque is a half-singed, half-syrupy woods perfume that recalls the gourmand-woody approach used in both Aomassai and Coze, but in my opinion, without the genius of those two. It starts off strong but later develops this odd flour and praline note that's too foody to be elegant. The blast of raw cedar and berries at the start is a wild ride, alright, but as with many PG fragrances I find myself wishing that the striking opening half hour could be sustained just a little more. The creeping sweetness and the raw wheat flour note makes for a leaden, lumbering heart, and then it limps into a sickly-sweet and almost fruited amber base. A bit stomach-churning, to be honest.

06/11/2010

7Scent 10Longevity

Apicius
1328 Reviews

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Apicius

Very helpful Review 5

Rainforest

This perfume transports the wearer to the old, Art Nouveau greenhouse of a botanical garden. Everything smells humid, oppressive, green, and of exotic flowers. At the same time, there is a strange freshness and sharpness that might come from who knows what. Could it be the sandarac resin?

This perfume is an unusual but also demanding scent. I find it very difficult to categorize it with common descriptions. Perhaps a hint of incense runs through the building. But actually, I can't quite manage to identify individual notes in this fragrance. Grain might be understandable.

This is something completely different. A quick statement like "This smells like..." doesn't seem possible to me. Even my greenhouse association is only an approximation.

The drydown (after hours) is then somewhat more manageable - a lovely base with incense, quite similar to that of Querelle.

I like the scent, but it also leaves me a bit puzzled.

03/04/2015

10Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Smellsnice
35 Reviews

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Smellsnice

Very helpful Review 5

Resinous-Woody-Spicy-Good

I came to this fragrance, as is often the case with me, through roundabout ways.
Actually, I wanted to buy a different scent, but unfortunately, it was out of stock. But wait... a nice perfume salesperson had mentioned something about... I couldn't pronounce it, so I quickly wrote it down.
And just like that, a sprayer, as I wished, landed not on the test strip, but directly on my skin. From there, it went straight to my heart through my nose.
And then, of course, into my collection; if others don't gift me, I do it myself.
Cedre Sandaraque does not start for me as indicated in the pyramid with wheat, but rather right away with the
fresh, resinous, aromatic, and slightly fruity Sandarak. A wonderful resin that also includes a hint of incense; I know it from burning.
In my opinion, PG fragrances never really have a top, heart, and base note. Instead, they quickly blend into a wonderful whole.
So here too, soon after the Sandarak, the gourmand notes (whichever they may be) come in and provide the sweetness.
Grains, herb-dry spice, for me without any beer association. Cedarwood has a special woodiness; I love cedar scent. Amber and the earthiness of vetiver perfectly round off the whole.
I don't detect any floral notes in this fragrance; I think it is truly the Sandarak resin that confuses some.
For me, it's a perfect, albeit special, scent. That's exactly what I love so much about PG.
I am curious to see how the fragrance behaves in spring and summer. Whether it transforms again in the warmth, as described by Maris.
In any case, it is a fresh, resinous, woody, and spicy all-rounder that I have fallen for.
And anyone who feels drawn to this type of fragrance should definitely give it a try.
Longevity and sillage, like with all PGs, are not the best, but completely sufficient.

07/26/2013

7Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Maris
110 Reviews

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Maris

Helpful Review 2

Friendly Determined Wood-Gourmand

Highly interesting scent. Woody - powdery (?) well - gourmand. And above, below, behind I sense something floral. What a combination. I haven't smelled anything like this before. It amazes me and I’m not quite sure when I should wear it. For me, it suits women and I can easily imagine it on a businesswoman, for example when one has to conduct a negotiation, because it is warm and soft, has nothing fussy or intrusive, sharp, or dominant like the 80s businesswomen scents certainly had, and yet it is very direct and memorable - somehow a Here-I-am-and-here-I-stand. In two words: Friendly determined. And yet it is irritating.
The floral note could well be the one that Apicius described with "greenhouse," so something green, but not mown grass, meadow herbs, or cut wood as we know it here, but rather something tropical, but without moisture. Tropical-dry and if that should still be such a contradiction.
The wood comes through more and more over time and what I noticed in today’s test is that this scent needs warmth. Now at 30 degrees it shows its best. Then it unfolds a dry woody warmth. Really exciting as if it were alive.

It just doesn’t suit me, for that it is, how should I put it, too established for me. I guess I’m just not a tree.

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Julia142

9 years ago

4.5Scent 8Longevity 6Sillage

1

It smells like clothes after a long night by the campfire. Very, very smoky! As a perfume, I find this scent unsuitable. When would you wear something like this?

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