Fahrenheit

1988

Gasoline, leather, and violet — 1988's proof that a designer house could out-rebel the avant-garde, a structurally impossible fragrance that became iconic.

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Sensory Profile

Composition

Concentration Eau de Toilette

Style Designer

Notable Ingredients

mandarin violet leaf leather cedar nutmeg gasoline accord sandalwood musk

Olfactory Structure

Family Woody

Evolution Dramatic

Sillage 7/10

Character

Moods

bold rebellious powerful

Season

Autumn Winter

Occasion

Casual

Thematic Territory

A leather jacket left on the hood of a hot car — gasoline, violet, and cedar fusing into something that shouldn't work but defines an era. The smell of controlled combustion.

Era & Context

Postmodern

Jean-Louis Sieuzac's Fahrenheit was structurally unprecedented — a gasoline-violet-leather combination that broke every rule of designer perfumery. Released in 1988, it proved that a major house could be as daring as any avant-garde niche brand. The gasoline note connects it philosophically to Comme des Garçons' industrial experiments.