Hermès has launched Jour D’Hermès Absolu, a new variation on 2012’s Jour d’Hermès fragrance for women. Like the original, Jour D’Hermès Absolu was developed by Hermès house perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena…
New & upcoming perfume books 2013 – 2014
No. 5 Culture Chanel by Jean-Louis Froment, Chanel: Livre d’Artistes by Irma Boom, Chemistry and the Sense of Smell by Charles Sell, Complete Abandon by Norman Isaacson, La Note Verte by Jean-Claude Ellena.
Also, Kathleen Tessaro’s The Perfume Collector comes out in paperback next month, and a new (US?) edition of Roja Dove’s The Essence of Perfume comes out in June.
No. 5 Culture Chanel
Published last November, No. 5 Culture Chanel by Jean-Louis Froment was released in conjunction with the No. 5 Culture Chanel exhibition…
Perfumer Christine Nagel to join Hermes
Perfumer Christine Nagel, who has been with Mane since 2010, will join Jean-Claude Ellena at luxury brand Hermès as in-house perfumer. She will begin in March…
Hermes Bel Ami Vetiver ~ new fragrance
French house Hermès has launched Bel Ami Vétiver, the first in a projected series of classic Hermès fragrances reworked by house perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena. Bel Ami Vétiver is a variation on 1986’s Bel Ami, a leathery chypre originally developed by perfumer Jean-Louis Sieuzac…
Hermes Epice Marine ~ fragrance review
A new fragrance in the upscale Hermessence range from French house Hermès always makes me happy, even when I don’t love the juice — it’s pretty rare that one has bored me, although it has happened. The new Épice Marine is number 11 in the series, and it falls squarely in the very-interesting-but-don’t-adore-it category, which makes me even happier; as I pointed out in my review of Jour d’Hermès, the brand has taken the lion’s share of my perfume spending already. I will be perfectly happy with the 15 ml travel size I have already purchased, and presumably Hermès will continue to prosper even if I don’t shell out for the full-sized bottle.
So, Épice Marine. The fragrance is about spices and the ocean: it was developed in a collaborative process between Hermès house perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena and Breton “pirate chef” Olivier Roellinger, and was inspired by their mutual love of spices and the smell of the sea…