Quasar
In 1994, Christopher Sheldrake — who would later become Chanel's exclusive perfumer — designed Quasar for the Spanish house Jesus del Pozo.
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.
- Oakmoss65
- Lavender55
- Sandalwood40
- Cedar40
- Rosemary40
By the editors · 2 min readIn 1994, Christopher Sheldrake — who would later become Chanel's exclusive perfumer — designed Quasar for the Spanish house Jesus del Pozo. The result is a time-stamped curiosity: banana and banana leaf in the top notes, a genuinely unusual opening that smells tropical and slightly candied before the composition rapidly transforms. The fruit burns off to reveal the fougère structure underneath: lavender, sage, rosemary, and geranium form a herbal, aromatic heart that feels more classical than the opening suggested.
The base is oakmoss-forward — cedar, patchouli, and sandalwood providing depth behind the green, slightly mossy character. This is a 1990s fougère made distinctive by an outsider opening accord. The banana reads as playful rather than eccentric at this distance; what remains in the base is a well-structured wood-and-moss masculine that wears with easy confidence.
