1899
Juniper and black pepper rise sharply, like the start of a night out. Cinnamon and iris layer a restrained floral heart, then vanilla and vetiver settle into a dark woody base. A spicy woody scent built around Paris after dark.
Perfumer: Gérald Ghislain
1899 is a fragrance set in Paris at night. Champagne is poured, jazz makes the cafe walls tremble, and artists and writers trade stories of love and seduction. That sense of freedom belongs to the imaginative Parisian night evoked by the house, rather than to a precise historical scene. The opening of an evening becomes a way to picture the composition.
It opens with Italian bergamot, juniper, and black pepper. Citrus brightness meets the cool green of juniper and the sting of pepper. There is a sharpness here, like the moment before stepping out for the evening.
Orange blossom, Florentine iris, and cinnamon form the heart. The powdery calm of iris and the dry sweetness of cinnamon keep the florals from becoming merely pretty.
The base is vanilla, vetiver, and amber. Vetiver's earthy bitterness and amber's warmth hold the vanilla in check, so the sweetness never turns heavy. It lingers like something dissolving into the dark.
A theater, dinner, a club or a romantic rendezvous: the house pictures a night of possibilities in the city. Wear this spicy woody fragrance when the night ahead calls for a little nerve.
