Hermès will launch Terre d’Hermès Eau de Parfum Intense, a new flanker to 2006's Terre d'Hermès fragrance for men, in March. (See also: 2018's Terre d'Hermès Eau Intense Vétiver.)

As far as intoxicating scents go, the Terre d’Hermès Eau de Parfum Intense is well, pretty intense. Designed to channel the power of your inner fire, this new expression first brings coffee and liquorice to mind before leading into the freshness of bergamot, combined with black pepper, burning wood and lava stone.

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Gourmands, the industry term for a perfume that smells like food, are often cloyingly literal. For [perfumer Christine] Nagel, finding natural liquorice and coffee bean extracts was important to not create something impressionistic of her new earth. The resulting perfume did not smell edible; it evoked something air-gapped and untouched by human sweat, like cracking open a tennis ball canister that happens to be filled with liquorice.

Hermès Terre d’Hermès Intense will be available in 50 and 100 ml and in a 200 ml refill.

(first quote via Robb Report Singapore at Instagram, second quote via esquire.com.au, additional information via marionnaud.fr)

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