N°19 Chanel 1971 Parfum
Henri Robert composed N°19 for Chanel as a deliberately unconventional counterpart to N°5 — green, cool, and austere where its older sibling was warm and aldehydic.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Iris55
- Oakmoss55
- Iris Powder50
- Jasmine40
- Rose40
By the editors · 2 min readHenri Robert composed N°19 for Chanel as a deliberately unconventional counterpart to N°5 — green, cool, and austere where its older sibling was warm and aldehydic. Galbanum in the top is the defining decision: its bitter, resinous, deeply green quality establishes the entire register before bergamot and neroli soften the approach. The heart is a full floral arrangement — iris providing the key accord alongside jasmine, rose, narcissus, ylang-ylang, and lily of the valley — but galbanum's character persists underneath, preventing any reading of mere prettiness. Oakmoss, leather, and sandalwood anchor the base in classic chypre structure. A cold, precise, uncompromising fragrance; exactly what a house like Chanel could commit to in 1971.
