Hermès has launched Un Jardin à Cythère, a new unisex fragrance (the seventh) in the brand’s Jardin series. The last was 2019’s Un Jardin sur la Lagune…
The mysteries of this alcohol
"...In the past I have studied Lagavulin whisky a lot for its peaty and coppery aspect. Rum is also very interesting for its both feminine and masculine notes because it brings sensuality and a particular addictiveness. I also find that casks that have contained very good wines or spirits are interesting for their woody-alcohol combination.” She has a particular fascination with the French herbal liqueur Chartreuse: “a drink made from an incalculable number of plants to a secret recipe – I believe I am not the only perfumer who has studied the mysteries of this alcohol.”
— Perfumer Christine Nagel, quoted in Why perfumers are hitting the bottle at Financial Times.
Hermes Cabriole ~ new fragrance
Hermès will launch Cabriole, a new fragrance for children, in October…
Hermes Violette Volynka ~ new fragrance
Hermès will introduce Violette Volynka, a new fragrance in the brand’s luxury Hermessence line, in September…
A preference for gin cocktails
Smell the new Hermès perfume on your skin and there is no denying that it has that bright uplift of any fragrance described with the word [fresh]. Yet all the familiar markers – laundered linen, citrus, cut grass – are absent.
The secret is a heavy dose of juniper berries. Quite sweetly, [perfumer Christine] Nagel was inspired to make juniper the heart of her fragrance when she realised that the large group of boys at family gatherings (Nagel has six children) had a preference for gin cocktails. It is, as she puts it, ‘a pleasurable taste for the young man’.
— Read more in Latest Hermès perfume offers a radically new approach to fragrance at Wallpaper.