Hermès

A spicy chypre. I have the vintage version, which lost some of the lighter bergamot top notes but maintained a richer depth compared to the modern. The opening wakes you up with astringent aldehydes with hints of clean soap over a base of rich spicy resins, amber and tarry myrrh. This Myrrh is exactly like the essential oil, which one of the Magi gave baby Jesus in "We Three Kings". At …Read more

This fragrance for me is a fitting balance between my country roots and my now urban existence. This fragrance is inspired by a roof garden, in Paris, on top of the Hermes flagship store. All of this is a nice starting concept, but what I really get is a perfectly breezy laid back picnic scent.

I cannot help imagining a red and white blanket on top of freshly mown grass. A lovely French …Read more

This is a perfume that will lie to you. Smells completely different on dry down from when it first sprays out the bottle. The packaging and the ingredient listing of ginger are misleading. If I were the product designer, I would have hose a blue bottle with a night time design.

At first whiff, the ginger comes off stronger and it almost smells like licorice. It dries down to a subtle …Read more