My friend Chandler Burr unfolded the story of how the charming and cerebral Jean Claude Ellena was inspired for this fragrance in a New Yo...

  Hermès launched another vegetal, light, and airy fragrance in its Cologne collection in July 2022. Eau de Basilic Pourpre represents a su...

Hermès has always seemed to me the height of luxury: not just a status symbol to carry around, but a brand organically grown out of that m...

Elixir de Merveilles came out ages ago and we have all -I hope- tried it out in the shop. But are we still grasping its genius? It's th...

Musing by Guest Writer AlbertCAN 创新是什么? 可以吃吗？ What is innovation? Is it edible? —Contemporary Mandarin humour* 和谐 (Trad. 和諧) Pinyin: ...

In old novels, in the time of Balzac and thereabouts ( as I have written in detail before ), or even prior to that time, there is the well-k...

Once upon a time, concubines in the Far East were fed animal musk , so that their bodies would sweat in sweet fragrance . Nowadays they fe...

Choosing an Hermès fragrance is, to me, an embarrasement of riches. The brand is among my very favorites for several reasons; most important...

Perfumer Christine Nagel 's style could be likened to an Italian sunset. Probably has to do with her paternal Italian side. The bleeding...

Named after the famed "faux bourg" rue of Faubourg Saint-Honoré in the 8eme arrondisement in Paris, where the headquarters of the ...

Hermessence Poivre Samarcande isn't discontinued like some of the other scents featured in the Twin Peaks articles; it enjoys pride of ...

The prevailing advantage of the concept for Eau de Merveilles by Hermes was presenting a fragrance marketed to women that did not emit a si...

Although it might seem like Eau de Néroli Doré is more masculine leaning and could be interpreted by the casual "sniffeur" as maud...

Virgil said in his Georgics , referring to agricultural labors, "Tempus fugit", i.e. time flies. And it does fly and the older I ...

In the ever increasing pace of fragrance launches some catch one's eye due to either exclusivity cachet or brand awareness. This is the ...

The notion of "shopping your wardrobe" is hot on fashion and style blogs right now. The idea of a judged frugality has something a...

Thus presents the aphorism perfumer Jean Claude Ellena . And Christine Nagel, co-head perfumer at Hermes perfume development, quips: "I...

It is official. The final chapter in the Jardin fragrance series by the historical house of Hermes is inspired by a garden redolent of in ho...

An ice vault tunneling below the ground, covered with a glass panel. Illuminated objects below the glass shining with an unearthly beauty. A...

 The sum of its constellations is not one and the same as the Milky Way, and likewise holding an exquisite map is not one and the same as k...