Eau de Néroli Doré by Hermès
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Description
Hermès Eau de Néroli Doré is an olfactive fragrance for men and women. Launched in 2016, the nose behind this creation is Jean-Claude Ellena. The top note is bitter orange; the heart note is neroli; and the base note is saffron.
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Top
Bitter Orange
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Heart
neroli
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Base
saffron
Community
623 votes
- Positive 67%
- Negative 23%
- Neutral 10%
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About Eau de Néroli Doré
Hermès Eau de Néroli Doré is an olfactive fragrance for men and women. Launched in 2016, the nose behind this creation is Jean-Claude Ellena. The top note is bitter orange; the heart note is neroli; and the base note is saffron.
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Longevity
Leading answer Moderate
275 votes
Sillage
Leading answer Intimate
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Character
Leading answer Balanced
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Value perception
Leading answer Fair price
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Eau de Néroli Doré: Starts with a fresh, aromatic neroli. Within minutes, it yields to bitter orange peel blended with that same neroli. As it dries down, the neroli joins the saffron, which really shines in this phase. Projection lasts 2-3 hours, but close to the skin it easily lasts over 6 hours, especially in heat. It’s a simple fragrance that needs nothing more; its evolution improves with time, where the saffron glows alongside the neroli, vaguely reminiscent of Álvarez Gómez’s Concentrated Cologne.
Terrible. It costs as much as a good designer perfume and smells delicious, but it lasts a maximum of 60 minutes. I have to reapply it three times a day. Nothing like Un Jardin Sur Le Nil… A total disaster from Hermès.
Lasts a mere sigh on the skin. Perfect for daily wear. It’s fresh, but the saffron note gives it a semi-warm air in its final, fleeting moments.
I was looking for something fresh and citrusy, but it turns out to be too neutral… not feminine enough for me. I wouldn’t even consider it a bath scent. With a good dose it lasted an hour; close to the skin, barely, about six hours. I wouldn’t recommend it for women (I don’t want to leave a trail). On my skin, it smells like an old wardrobe, of the past. Better suited to a man over 70.
Hermès light waters are the biggest scam in perfumery. Fine, it’s a cologne with lots of alcohol and low concentration, but it doesn’t wash. Ck One, Mugler, Lancaster, or Arden are colognes that last their long hour. When someone buys a Hermès light water, they’re only paying for a pretty bottle for the vanity; selling a ten-minute fragrance is a rip-off. Here, in China, and at Jean-Claude Ellena’s home.
I got this perfume after a toxic relationship that left me. Emotional vampires drag you in, manipulate you, and then throw you in the trash. Their logic has no empathy: it’s all your fault. Eau de Néroli Doré is like that: an impressive opening, green, citrusy, natural, and dreamy, with a neroli that sparkles like an opium butterfly. A dream passage, a momentary infatuation. You thought there was nothing better. But it lasts very little… five minutes. Then, no matter how generously you apply it, only a faint memory remains, green and powdery notes. What on earth has happened? Reasoning with the irrational is futile. By half an hour, nothing is left; it’s become water. It promised wonders and it all ended in promises. Ideal for smelling for five minutes, more impossible. For me, it’s not a perfume, it’s an olfactory experience. Just as there are people best left behind, I recommend dispensing with both.
Another Hermès hard to identify by its notes. Neroli is usually heavy, dusty, or soapy; here it smells between lemon and oranges, slightly floral. I think it’s very good, but it sticks terribly to the skin. Note: it lasts about 7 hours, but you have to press your nose against it to smell it. I only tested one spray; these perfumes need to be applied strongly, also on clothes. It’s a pity because it smells good, the bottle has a lovely colour… I don’t know if it takes so much work to make it smell like anything else.