With a name like this, one would expect a grande burlesque performance. A night venue with can-can dancers on stage. High heels, fur coats and heavy make-up. This is a theme to go big, bold and boudoir. All stops out. But that is not what I get here. This is way too decent for all this.
1889 is best described - in my view - as a fruity iris. Light and fresh at first, slowly thickening along the way. Sillage is under great restraint, which contributes to a tasteful variation on iris. Occasionally a waft of plum goes by and that is about as naughty as it gets.
This perfume would suit any occasion. It could be worn to church and nobody would frown on you. Anyway, apart from an ill-chosen name, this is a perfectly fine fruity iris.
