Another gorgeous not-perfume video from Hermès. Below the jump, the comparatively pedestrian commercial for Jour D’Hermès Absolu (it’s nearly identical to the original Jour D’Hermès commercial).
Hermes Bel Ami Vetiver ~ fragrance review
One of my most memorable introductions to a perfume happened in Mexico, when a child-shopkeeper handed me, with grace and a touch of theatricality, a bottle of original Bel Ami by Hermès. It was not love at first sniff (even though I bought a bottle immediately) but now, if some evil genie commanded I use only five perfumes for the rest of my life, Bel Ami would be one of the five…even one of three (if the genie were especially nasty and restrictive).
I was excited to try the tweaked Bel Ami — Bel Ami Vétiver — but was wondering if the light touch of perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena would make the perfume too contemporary for me. With a bottle of original Bel Ami in one hand, and a sample of new Bel Ami Vétiver in the other…here goes…
Bunch o’ fragrance ads 2014, part 3
A slideshow round up of new fragrance advertising, print and digital, plus a few older ads (30 slides in all) — most of these are for fragrances recently released in stores or just about to be released…
New packaging for Hermes classics
Hermès has introduced a new standard bottle for eight of the brand’s classic fragrances (it is also the packaging they used for the new Bel Ami Vétiver). Below the jump, see them all in a slideshow….
Three for Thursday
First up, an off-topic but fantastic video from Hermès for their (spendy!) watch collection. I wish whomever did these videos would take on the perfume commercials.
Below the jump, a low-key video for Sisley Eau Tropicale, and below that, behind the scenes of the Fan di Fendi Pour Homme Assoluto photo shoot, with model Mathias Lauridsen.