Terre d’Hermès is the latest fragrance for men from Hermès. It was created by perfumer Jean Claude Ellena, and it is worth repeating the fragrance description I posted back in December:

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, benzoin and vetiver around the central note of Atlas cedar to enhance its Earthly tones. (via cosmeticnews)

According to Escentual, the fragrance is meant to be the masculine counterpart to Hermès Eau des Merveilles: “This is for the man who has his feet firmly on the ground, but his head is in the stars.”

What struck me when I smelled Terre d’Hermès was how accurately the smell of the finished product could be determined by the information given above…

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