Men Carolina Herrera 1999 Eau de Toilette
212 Men opens on a basket of green notes, grapefruit, lavender, and petitgrain — citrus-forward with an herbal lift that signals the aromatic fougère of the late 1990s.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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
- Fresh50
- Woody50
- Earthy
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Lavender
- Green Notes
- Spices
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Grass
By the editors · 2 min read212 Men opens on a basket of green notes, grapefruit, lavender, and petitgrain — citrus-forward with an herbal lift that signals the aromatic fougère of the late 1990s. The heart is surprisingly complex for its era: ginger and sage add warmth, while violet and gardenia bring a soft floral note that blurs the masculine border without crossing it. The base is woody and resinous — sandalwood and vetiver under dry incense, anchored by labdanum.
Alberto Morillas' construction holds up well; the citrus-herbal-wood arc is linear but each phase is distinct. A reference masculine from its generation.
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.
