Penhaligon's
Opus 1870
Amber Floral · 2005
Longevity
Moderate
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Smart Casual / Social
Seasonality
All Year
A peppery, citrus-lit opening of yuzu and cardamom over smoky cedar and sandalwood, with incense and leather in the shadows. Aromatic and spiced, it stays dry and refined through a long woody drydown.
Taste Profile
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On Zenyra's five taste axes, Opus 1870 keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.
Opus 1870 sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.
Opus 1870 sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 66th percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Opus 1870 sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 87th percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Opus 1870 sits mid-range on texture, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 90th percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Opus 1870 keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is among the lowest in the catalogue for sweetness across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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