1881 Amber pour Homme
Violet leaf opens with a cool, crushed-green bite that feels like snapping a stem.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Aromatic50
- White Floral50
- Rose50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Violet Leaf
- Lavender
- Jasmine
- Rose
- Vetiver
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min readViolet leaf opens with a cool, crushed-green bite that feels like snapping a stem. Lavender lands next, its clean herbal oil softening the green edge while jasmine and rose swell the heart with soap-like petals that keep the accord airy rather than sweet. Vetiver threads smoke through the florals, drying them further before amber and cedar lay down a sheer, blond-wood warmth dusted with skin-close musk. The dry-down stays translucent: no heavy resin, just pale wood, soft ash and a hint of clean linen. Projection sits at arm’s length for six hours, then hugs skin; best in spring office air or cool summer evenings when you want polished quiet instead of statement.
Scent twins
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