212 Men
212 Men opens with a sharp citrus blast—grapefruit and bergamot cutting through lavender's aromatic haze—that feels more New York sidewalk than spa retreat.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Citrus70
- Woody60
- Lavender60
- Earthy
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Lavender
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Gardenia
- Ginger
- Sage
By the editors · 2 min read212 Men opens with a sharp citrus blast—grapefruit and bergamot cutting through lavender's aromatic haze—that feels more New York sidewalk than spa retreat. The petitgrain adds a slightly bitter, green edge that keeps the opening from sliding into conventional freshness.
As it settles, ginger and sage bring a spicy, herbal warmth that tempers the initial brightness without sweetening it. There's an unexpected floral quality from gardenia and violet that hovers in the background, lending softness without announcing itself. The contrast between this quiet floralcy and the peppery ginger creates an interesting tension.
The drydown reveals woods and incense—sandalwood and guaiac wrapped in labdanum's resinous depth—grounded by vetiver's earthy bitterness. It's recognizably late-nineties in its polished masculinity, but less aggressively clean than many contemporaries. A reliable choice for those who want something urbane and legible without being loud.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
