Perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena talks about the creation of Hermès Épice Marine.
Hermes Jour D’Hermes Absolu ~ new fragrance
Hermès has launched Jour D’Hermès Absolu, a new variation on 2012’s Jour d’Hermès fragrance for women. Like the original, Jour D’Hermès Absolu was developed by Hermès house perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena…
New & upcoming perfume books 2013 – 2014
No. 5 Culture Chanel by Jean-Louis Froment, Chanel: Livre d’Artistes by Irma Boom, Chemistry and the Sense of Smell by Charles Sell, Complete Abandon by Norman Isaacson, La Note Verte by Jean-Claude Ellena.
Also, Kathleen Tessaro’s The Perfume Collector comes out in paperback next month, and a new (US?) edition of Roja Dove’s The Essence of Perfume comes out in June.
No. 5 Culture Chanel
Published last November, No. 5 Culture Chanel by Jean-Louis Froment was released in conjunction with the No. 5 Culture Chanel exhibition…
Perfumer Christine Nagel to join Hermes
Perfumer Christine Nagel, who has been with Mane since 2010, will join Jean-Claude Ellena at luxury brand Hermès as in-house perfumer. She will begin in March…
Hermes Bel Ami Vetiver ~ new fragrance
French house Hermès has launched Bel Ami Vétiver, the first in a projected series of classic Hermès fragrances reworked by house perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena. Bel Ami Vétiver is a variation on 1986’s Bel Ami, a leathery chypre originally developed by perfumer Jean-Louis Sieuzac…