The next Hermès fragrance release will be Terre d’Hermès, an Eau de Toilette for men created by in-house nose Jean Claude Ellena:
The vegetable and mineral juice, made without animal by-products or musk, sparkles with orange (specifically formulated for Hermès by Albert Vieille) and grapefruit that blends with flint for a mineral note, and combines with pepper, bay rose, geranium, patchouli, bezoin and vetiver around the central note of Atlas cedar to enhance its Earthly tones. (via cosmeticnews)
No word yet on when this will be in stores. Update: see a review of Terre d'Hermes.
The World of Perfume is the sort of book that covers walls in discount bookcenters: it shares the shelf with illustrated books about birds, guns, trains, and fishing equipment. I bought my copy almost a decade ago, and it's been a while since I last browsed through its pages. Time to revisit this forgotten gem, and to set aside some prejudices about affordable coffee-table books.