1881 Signature
Grapefruit and nutmeg open with a brisk tension — citrus brightness cut immediately by dry spice.
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
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody50
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Nutmeg
- Leather
- Labdanum
- Cardamom
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readGrapefruit and nutmeg open with a brisk tension — citrus brightness cut immediately by dry spice. The combination sets an expectation of something darker to follow, and the heart delivers: cardamom over a firm leather accord, with labdanum adding resinous weight that edges toward incense territory.
Vetiver in the base brings a smoky, rooty quality that grounds the leather rather than softening it. Amber adds warmth without going sweet, and patchouli sharpens the earthy underside. The overall effect is dry, structured, and notably confident — a cold-weather leather-spice composition that wears close without disappearing.
Best suited to cooler seasons where its density reads as intentional rather than heavy.
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.
