1888
1888 opens with saffron at the threshold — metallic, slightly medicinal, warming the air before the florals arrive.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 17 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.
- Woody60
- Rose55
- Aromatic50
- Yellow Floral
The note pyramid
- Saffron
- Neroli
- Ylang-Ylang
- Rose
- Sandalwood
- Birch
By the editors · 2 min read1888 opens with saffron at the threshold — metallic, slightly medicinal, warming the air before the florals arrive. Neroli comes next with a characteristic bitter-orange brightness, followed by ylang-ylang's heady, slightly rubbery depth. Rose completes the heart with a fullness that grounds the more volatile elements. The combination is rich without being heavy, floral without being feminine in any conventional sense.
The base earns the composition its staying power: sandalwood and birch together produce a warm, slightly smoky woodiness, while amber and patchouli add depth and earthiness. 1888 wears as a sophisticated oriental floral — a fragrance aware of its own quality, unhurried in its development. The saffron connecting top and heart makes the whole arc coherent. A serious bottle from a house that makes a consistent case for seriousness.
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.
