1920 The Origin Eau de Toilette
Grapefruit snaps open with a bitter-citrus flash that cardamom immediately dusts in cool green spice, while clary sage adds a faintly musky herbal lift.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 accords.
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- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Cinnamon
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Cardamom
- Clary Sage
- Cinnamon
- Guaiac Wood
- Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readGrapefruit snaps open with a bitter-citrus flash that cardamom immediately dusts in cool green spice, while clary sage adds a faintly musky herbal lift. Cinnamon rolls through the heart, warming the composition and turning the earlier crispness into a softly spiced wood veneer. Guaiac wood and vetiver knit together in the base: the guaiac brings a faintly smoky, pencil-shaving dryness, vetiver a rooty grass edge, and amber smooths the seams with a light resinous glow. The scent stays tight and linear, the grapefruit reappearing as a tart gleam whenever skin warms, keeping the spice from turning heavy. Projection sits within arm’s length for most of its life, making it office-friendly yet quietly distinctive. Works best in mild weather, spring through early fall, and feels comfortable from desk to dinner without feeling redundant.
Scent twins
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