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...

 Although iris scents are often mentioned in regards to powdery and starchy shades in perfumery, which would recall paper, skin, and bulbous...

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...

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

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 ...

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...

 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...

In Jean le Bleu , Jean Giono, perfumer Jean Claude Ellena's favorite author , describes the father of the narrator as "a cobbler w...

The way of applying fragrance for maximum appreciation and enjoyment is a fine art. If you're a beginner, you might want to consult Perf...

Husks of cardamom, crashed and fragrant, in my pocket. A window opening up to a vista of green pines overlooking the Mediterranean azure blu...

The sea accord is sweet. The smell coming from the bed of the ocean and the misty fog in Brittany is not. To evoke therefore the changing s...

Yes, this is my copy of Bois d’Iris—right up to the obtuse notch on the top left corner of the box upon yours truly’s overzealous unwrapping...

Mηδέν ἄγαν (i.e. nothing in excess)   ~oracular statement inscripted on the wall of the Delphi oracle in Greece, 440 BC "We have ex...

The thin snowflakes came down the skies unexpectedly early yesterday morning, silk confetti melting softly on the wet streets as a pale sun ...

Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to each other. ~Euclid photo by AlberCAN (copyright 2012) for use on PerfumeShrine ...