#sotd... Cedar in Acacia by Scents of Wood... This is my first love from the house of Scents Of Wood. Cedar In Acacia is a warm, resinous, and woody fragrance. This has a touch of freshness, spiciness, powderiness, and woodsiness all in one. From start to finish, I am absolutely obsessed with this scent profile. To me, this is a masterpiece that I will always have in my collection. The sad news is that this is being discontinued. I have secured 2 backup bottles for myself. As for performance? This has good projection and great longevity. I have been able to push this to the 10 hour mark before refreshing. This is an easy 10 out of 10 for me. If I had my way, this would be a fragrance that I would keep in production.

The fragrance opens with a bright combination of spice and citrus, accompanied by only a faint trace of sweetness. At around 15 minutes, the initial spice begins to soften as clary sage introduces a distinctly herbal character. By 30 minutes, cocoa moves forward, balanced by the dry, earthy woodiness of vetiver and lingering aromatic touches of clary sage. At around 60 minutes, the fragrance becomes noticeably lighter on the skin, transitioning toward a softer chocolate and vanilla accord resting over subtle dry woods. The dry down settles into a delicate combination of cocoa and tonka, creating a lightly sweet chocolate-vanilla impression with a faint woody dryness underneath. Pleasant and smooth, but increasingly subtle as the fragrance develops. Overall, the fragrance transitions from spiced citrus and aromatic herbs into cocoa, tonka, and dry vetiver. The scent profile is enjoyable, but the limited performance prevents it from making a lasting impression. Performance: Projection is weak, creating approximately a 1.5 foot scent bubble for around one hour. Sillage is fair, leaving roughly a two-foot trail for about an hour. Longevity falls around 3–4 hours, becoming a skin scent at approximately the two-hour mark. My Rating: 5.5/10