Hermès has launched Jour d’Hermès Gardénia, a new fragrance for women. Jour d’Hermès Gardénia is a flanker to 2012’s Jour d’Hermès, and follows 2014’s Jour D’Hermès Absolu…
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…
5 perfumes: gourmand oddities
Way back in 2008, Erin wrote a post called 5 Perfumes for: Gourmand Deniers. Her selection emphasized gourmands for people who are wary of gourmands; in her words, gourmands “that camouflage their intentions”. Like Erin, I don’t think of myself as a huge fan of sweet, dessert-based gourmands, although as time goes on I find more and more exceptions to the rule. Today, however, I’m thinking about an entirely different kind of gourmand. Here are five fragrances that smell like food without calling to mind the conventional offerings on a dessert tray.
Lush The Voice of Reason: If Dinner by Bobo were still on the market (and if it is, do comment), it would surely take top honors in any list of gourmand oddities, but as a reasonably meaty substitute I offer The Voice of Reason, which I described in my review as “rather alarmingly meaty”…
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.
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2015, part 1
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes collector items from Hermès, Amouage, Thierry Mugler and Paco Rabanne.
From Hermès, Terre d’Hermès in a new limited edition ‘Flacon H’ bottle. 100 ml Eau de toilette for €90 at Galeries Lafayette…