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…
Hermes Un Jardin sur la Lagune ~ fragrance review
A bit of background: The sixth in the Hermès Jardin series, and the first from perfumer Christine Nagel, who took over as the house perfumer in 2016.
The inspiration: The Jardin series perfumes generally find an inspiration, however manufactured it might be (remember The Perfect Scent: A Year Behind the Scenes of the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York by Chandler Burr?), in some exotic garden someplace else — that is, not in New Jersey (which really does have lovely gardens, but you know what I mean), or your own backyard…
Hermes Un Jardin sur la Lagune ~ new fragrance
Hermès will launch Un Jardin sur la Lagune, a new unisex fragrance (the sixth) in the brand’s Jardin series. The last was Le Jardin de Monsieur Li…
Hermes Le Jardin de Monsieur Li ~ fragrance review, with an aside on Rose Amazone
“I remembered the smell of ponds, the smell of jasmine, the smell of wet stones, of plum trees, kumquats and giant bamboos. It was all there, and in the ponds there were even carp steadily working towards their hundredth birthday.” — Jean-Claude Ellena1
Le Jardin de Monsieur Li is the fifth fragrance in the Jardin series from Hermès, and reportedly the last.2 I do not know if it is also the last scent we’ll see from perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena, but either way, smelling it gave me an advance pang of nostalgia. I will miss Jean-Claude Ellena when he retires.3
Le Jardin de Monsieur Li is an aromatic citrus, reportedly inspired by a Chinese garden. The notes (something like kumquat, mint, jasmine and sap) sounded tantalizing, but as is often the case with Hermès and Jean-Claude Ellena, the juice is not quite what I expected…
Hermes Le Jardin de Monsieur Li ~ new fragrance
Hermès will launch Le Jardin de Monsieur Li, the fifth fragrance in the Jardin series that includes Un Jardin en Méditerranée, Un Jardin Sur Le Nil, Un Jardin Apres La Mousson and Un Jardin Sur Le Toit.