PERFUMS

The word to the perfumer, Jean-Claude Ellena: "A new idea of freshness, rather unusual: green and vegetal scents, of water and sand." Un Jardin sur le Nil is an impressionist walk in the garden islands of the Nile in Aswan. Mango green, lotus, incense, calamus and sycamore wood characterize the heart of this fresh aromatic poetry. Olfactory strolls through the various themes of the Maison, Jardins fragrances testify to authentic encounters between the Hermès style, the soul of a place and the creator.

The word to the perfumer, Jean-Claude Ellena: “A garden in celebration, a spontaneous garden, flooded with light”. Un Jardin sur le Toit tells of a secret garden, nestled in the heart of Paris. A suspended garden that is hidden on the roof of the Maison Hermès building, at 24 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. An apple tree, a pear tree, a magnolia and grass, for a crunchy and laughing scent. Olfactory strolls through the various themes of the Maison, Jardins fragrances testify to authentic encounters between the Hermès style, the soul of a place and the creator.

Eau de gentiane blanche: conceived by Jean-Claude Ellena as an irreverent on the traditional style of Cologne, the Eau de gentiane blanche revisits freshness with a mixture of audacity and delicacy. Complex and sophisticated, gentian offers its many facets sometimes bitter, sometimes smooth in an elegant vapor of white musks that source their sweetness away from sugary elements, thus offering the gentian component an unexpected olfactory counterpart.

The word to the perfumer, Jean-Claude Ellena: “A bittersweet cologne: freedom in tradition”. Classic in its approach, which favors the liveliness and freshness of citrus fruits, Eau de pamplemousse rose stands out for the modernity of its creation. The citrus theme of grapefruit comes alive with a new splendor in contact with the rose. The cologne collection expresses the Hermès lifestyle. Generous expressions of a simple and sparkling pleasure, with their olfactory vividness the Hermès colognes acquire the capacity of almost figurative evocations.

The pungent and explosive vivacity of lemons combined with the depth of the subtly smoky and woody notes of black lemon. Eau de Citron Noir leaves a singular and paradoxical trace, an extraordinarily persistent freshness, which resists to the bitter end: it is the cologne of day and night! The fragrance features lime, smoke, lemon, black tea, cedar and guaiac wood.

With Eau de rhubarbe écarlate Christine Nagel creates her first Cologne for Hermès. Unpublished and bold, more vegetal than her citrus, she gives the crunchy and acidulous freshness of rhubarb wrapped in the velvety touch of white musks.

The word to the perfumer, Jean-Claude Ellena: "I don't know a more joyful smell than mandarin and more velvety than amber". Eau de mandarine ambrée gives the cologne a mischievous vitality, reinventing its classic affiliation with citrus. The fresh mandarin is combined with the explosion of passion fruit, also revealed by the velvety touch of amber.

Eau de narcisse bleu is an unprecedented homage to freshness. An exercise in style that tames the sense of touch, faceted by orange blossom and galbanum. This novel is written in a contemporary, very individual hand, creating a muted contrast between the well-known dense texture of the narcissus and the delicacy of a woody accord.

The word to the perfumer, Jean-Claude Ellena: "Usually perfumes contain an extremely small amount of neroli: I, on the other hand, have put in plenty, as I wanted and as never before". With the Eau de néroli doré, his fifth creation in the colonial family, Jean-Claude Ellena let the neroli speak, an essence extracted from orange flowers, named in honor of the princess of Nerola, who loved to perfume her gloves with this essence. And he highlighted the fresh hint of saffron.

The word to the perfumer, Jean-Claude Ellena: “A bittersweet cologne: freedom in tradition”. Classic in its approach, which favors the liveliness and freshness of citrus fruits, Eau de pamplemousse rose stands out for the modernity of its creation. The citrus theme of grapefruit comes alive with a new splendor in contact with the rose. Hermès Eau de Pamplemousse Rose is a fragrance belonging to the citrus-aromatic group intended for both men and women. The fragrance is made up of a mix of notes of Grapefruit, Orange and Rose.

Noir de Noir, enveloping oriental composition.Menebrous, sensual and opulent.The fragrance opens on a note of saffron, while black rose and black truffle enliven it with a floral touch. Rich feminine floral essences and masculine pragmatism of patchouli, vanilla or oud wood add a warm sensuality to this shadowy oriental chypre.

Terre d’Hermès tells of man's bond with the earth, his respectful and balanced dialogue with nature and the elements. Terre d 'Hermès is the perfume that leads man back to his origins, to the source of his creative power. The strength of citrus and peppery notes combined with the scent of silica reveals the imprint of the earth.