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Eau des Merveilles
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Eau des Merveilles by Hermès is a woody fragrance for women. Launched in 2004, this composition was created by Ralf Schwieger and Nathalie Feisthauer. The top notes unfold a vibrant citrus accord with orange, elemi resin, and lemon; the heart reveals a warm and spicy blend of amber, pepper, pink pepper, and violet; while the base notes settle into a robust foundation of fir, cedar, Madagascar vetiver, oakmoss, and benzoin.
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I adore this perfume; it revolves around ambergris. It’s slightly woody, salty, marine and very refreshing. It smells ‘expensive’ and ‘luxurious’, reflecting Hermès’ personality. The first time I smelled it I thought: ‘this is how the sky must smell’. It’s very original, unique and different from the rest. It has good longevity and projection.
I totally agree with Paulina! It smells expensive and luxurious. Although orange and lemon are usually for summer, here the citrus touch is cooler and more elegant. Based on the notes, if I didn’t know it, I’d say it’s a masculine woody scent, but it’s not; it’s the woods that give it that luxurious touch. It’s pricey, but Eau des Merveilles is worth it.
I only detect orange, cedar and pepper. I agree it has good longevity and smells elegant, but it’s not very feminine. It’s not my style.
I only detect orange, cedar and pepper. I agree it lasts well and smells elegant, but it lacks that feminine touch for me. It’s not my style.
Same as the previous one, the name says it all: when I spray it I feel happy, then ecstatic, in a good mood… it’s a domino effect! 😀 I feel like getting the Elixir, the Pegase and the Constellation too, as I love them all. As Paulina and Annabel say, it’s worth its price: it’s pure luxury to enjoy it. On my skin it barely smells of lemon (thank goodness, I’m not much of a lemon!), but rather orange, the freshness of fir, exquisite vetiver, amber, violet and above all elemi, which is my favourite. Happy to have it in my collection! <3
I don’t know what’s special about it, but the name ‘Eau Des Merveilles’ says it all: when I spray it, I feel happy, then ecstatic, in a good mood… it’s a domino effect! 😀 I feel like getting the Elixir, the Pegase and the Constellation too, as I love them all. As Paulina and Annabel say, it’s worth its price: it’s pure luxury to enjoy it. On my skin it barely smells of lemon (thank goodness, I’m not much of a lemon!), but rather orange, the freshness of fir, exquisite vetiver, amber, violet and above all elemi, which is my favourite. Happy to have it in my collection! <3
I tried my sister’s sample and confirmed: it’s super feminine, nothing masculine. Although there’s a unisex flanker that piques my curiosity, I think it’s hard to pull off. It’s neither light nor heavy, just right in the middle. The name ‘Eau’ can be confusing. I struggle to detect citrus in women’s perfumes because the flowers often mask it, but here there are common florals and pepper (obvious, if you don’t like it, notice). It smells familiar and generic, but if you’re a woman, it will hardly leave you indifferent. The evolution of the violet is exquisite. Highly recommended.
This fragrance has personality and great class. I recommend appreciating its olfactive notes very well before buying it, as it’s not suitable for all tastes; it’s somewhat special. Personally, an exquisite treat.
Eau des Merveilles smells of class, glamour and finesse. With this perfume you will surely stand out for your scent; it’s completely different from what dominates the market. It has a serene elegance, very innate to Hermès. Its opening notes are citrusy but not shrill, handled with discretion (orange stands out), which interlace deliciously with woods, fir, amber, oakmoss, vetiver and violet (very faint), which in my skin are clearly distinguished. I insist, a prettier, more distinguished and distinctive perfume. It fits perfectly as unisex, has good longevity although at skin level and sillage is moderate in the first hours, but it’s worth it. It dresses you in a sophisticated way. For preferential day and evening use, in spring and summer. Highly recommended. Rating 9/10.
It smells of class, glamour and refinement; with this perfume you’ll stand out because it’s totally different from what dominates the market. It has a serene elegance, very innate in Hermès. The top notes are citrusy but not loud, handled discreetly (orange stands out), and they interlace deliciously with woods, fir, amber, oakmoss, vetiver and violet (very subtle), which are clearly distinguished on my skin. I insist, it’s the prettiest, most distinguished and distinctive perfume; it fits perfectly as a unisex. It has good longevity, although close to the skin and the initial trail is moderate, but it’s worth it. It dresses you in a sophisticated way. For preferential use during the day and evening, in spring and summer. Highly recommended. Rating 9/10.
A perfume made of wonder! Exquisite fixative and enduring sillage. In a magic bottle hides a Parisian afternoon of the most elegant kind. It’s a journey to the elegance and sweetness of Paris. It’s not very accessible for everyone, but if you can try it in a Duty Free, do it! Don’t miss that opportunity.
It’s a great perfume. Despite the years and the many flankers (some interesting), I stick with this. It’s elegant and has Hermès’ distinguished approach. Eau des Merveilles distils a subtle elegance. It’s considered unisex by many because it’s versatile: it feminises on a woman’s skin and masculinises on a man’s. The opening is fresh, sweet orange, which passes to an amber scent with a touch of elemi and very original spiced-woody accords. It reminds me in the dry-down of the sand on a wonderful, dreamy beach, warm, moistened by the sea, giving infinite pleasure while walking under the morning sun. Subtle and comforting.
I have it and gifted many samples, but I don’t know, I absolutely don’t like it. At first it smells fresh, ideal for hot days; many love it and many men admire it, but the cedar and spice base makes it so masculine that I can’t stand it. It will depend on each personality, but I don’t see it as feminine at all. The violet is almost imperceptible, the citrus almost nothing, and the pink pepper is accentuated so much that it scares. I only smell a mix of cedar, amber and resin. It throws me off.
A lovely proposal from Hermès that, with its prudence, dares a pretty feminine woody accord. It opens with acidic lemon and orange, and the amber appears creamy and sweet after five minutes. ‘Elixir.D.M’ is the evolution of this orange-amber accord, more linear. The balsamic accord might be what others vote as fir, but I don’t smell needles. The dry-down is fresh cedar and vetiver woods, freshly crushed, with a dry, peppery charge of ISO E super, aquatic, mineral and earthy. I understand the sea sand evocation. Perhaps it’s Hermès’ feminine ‘Terre’ and yes, this phase is quite masculine/unisex. For me, totally positive. It’s fine, delicate and classy. Eau D.M. has the richness of nuances missing in the ‘Elixir’. It’s bloody brilliant! But that damn performance sticking to the skin… I can’t smell it without deliberately bringing my wrist to my nose. For now, it’s a want but can’t.
This Hermès left me bewildered. The first time I loved it; the dry-down was exquisite, salty and enveloping. I thought I’d found another identity perfume. I waited weeks and tried it again: nothing. The marine and resinous intensity had vanished. I returned this weekend and the sales assistant gifted me samples. I used it all weekend and the charm of the first day faded quickly. It lasts nothing, vanishing in minutes. It doesn’t improve on clothes either. I no longer catch that salty point or the citrus notes. Sometimes it smells of freshly sharpened coloured pencils. I had faith in this beautiful bottle and I feel disappointed.
It’s rare for me to like a perfume with oranges; they tend to be cloying. I hate mandarin, but in perfumes I like it for adding creaminess. Here, the orange has no hiding places. The tone isn’t cheap phosphorescent like in other Hermès lines, but grey, like a cloudy day with a ray of sun between the clouds. It evokes a beach house in autumn, without tourists, with a denim jacket and a mild, deceptive sun. I love the salty mineral residue, although my nose confuses the second accord with ginger. It’s sweet, mineral and almost cryogenated, like a late September afternoon under a linen quilt before the storm. But then my mind creates another image: cold remedy sachets flavoured with orange or fake children’s juices. It tastes of diluted orange and powder. The longevity is a pity; after ten minutes it’s already skin scent. The excessive numbs the nose and cancels the trail. Zero sillage. If it cost ten euros as a body spray, it wouldn’t be a drama, but Hermès sells it for eighty. I don’t smell fir or cedar, only diluted orange and something abstract that must drive Ellena mad.
It’s rare for me to like a perfume with oranges; I usually find them sickly sweet. I hate tangerine on its own, yet in fragrances I adore them for that creamy, velvety texture. With orange, there are no tricks: it either smells like orange or it doesn’t. Eau des Merveilles has plenty of orange, but being Hermès, it isn’t as garish or cheap as other lines. Its orange lives in grey tones, like an overcast day where a ray of sun slips through heavy clouds. I like that it isn’t sunny or overly cheerful; it makes me think of a beach house in autumn, almost deserted, with good weather but where a denim jacket feels a welcome addition. It’s a mild, false, deceptive sun. The fragrance conveys this, with a salty/mineral touch accompanying the orange. It has a stony coldness with a body of aspirin that my nose confuses for ginger… and I love that second accord; it’s also in Prada’s Infusion d’Homme, a stream of mineral, carbonated sweetness almost cryogenically chilled, like a late September afternoon on a porch with a cheap linen quilt while thunder rumbles and rain falls… neither cold nor hot. I like that a cologne makes me form such associations. The problem is that after the first impression, my mind conjures another image I dislike: cold remedy packets flavoured with orange, like Stop Cold, which everyone knows taste exactly the same: orange and water. The orange in Eau des Merveilles has that same watery, transparent consistency, with a powdery aftertaste. It could be the fake orange in that bottled juice children drink (Sunny Delight), which contains the least amount of actual orange of all. If I’m not interested from the start, then when I visualise that cold remedy packet, I’m not interested at all. They say the longevity is poor, and indeed it is; after ten minutes it’s already faded considerably, which is quite a lot to say for a scent worn close to the skin. I think the abundance of pepper helps, a conflicting note that, if overdone, there is plenty of here; it anaesthetises the nose as if you’d taken a shot of alcohol up it. Zero sillage and so much pepper that very little is needed to make it a fragrance you’ll only smell yourself, by holding the bottle very close to your nose. What a laughable performance, something that wouldn’t be a drama if it cost ten euros and were sold as a body spray, but Hermès sells it for eighty… Finally, I don’t smell fir, elemi, amber or cedar, notes with personality. Only watery orange and some abstract idea between mineral, salty and spicy, coming from some molecule I don’t know but which must drive Ellena mad.
I heard it in a blotter while looking for Kelly Caleche and confirmed what I already suspected: I don’t like it. Once the alcohol dries, it smells of bitten orange skin with white olive. Bitter and astringent. I agree with Spartacus about the carbonated scent and with Mojave regarding the pencil wood residue when sharpening. But it doesn’t hook me; I’ll stick with Jour…
Always been my favourite, but I left it on the wishlist due to the price. This year I thought I’d order it for my birthday. I tested it at the airport and then at my trusted perfumer: it’s the same. A disastrous reformulation. It has lost longevity, sillage and notes. It’s a shadow of what it once was at the same price. What a pity!
I could say many things, but I’ll limit myself to one: when I travelled to the south of my country (Argentina) to an island in a lake full of pines, I didn’t remember the exact scent, but I do recall it impacted me; it was sweet and delicious. When I tried this perfume, once the lemon passed and the orange settled with the resins over a base of woods and fir, I was transported there. It was impressive! Delicious, magical, natural. It’s like a work of art: it’s not conformist; it’s for appreciating its nuances…
I could say many things, but I’ll limit myself to one: when I travelled to the south of my country (Argentina) and visited an island in a lake full of resinous pines, I didn’t remember the exact smell, but I did remember that it impacted me: it was sweet and delicious. Upon trying this perfume, minutes after passing the lemon and settling the orange with the resins and the base of woods and fir, I was transported there. It was impressive. Delicious, magical and natural. It’s like a work of art: it’s not conformist, it’s to appreciate its nuances…
I thought I had already reviewed this. I have a bottle from 2009. For me, it’s complex; at first I struggled to understand it and left it stored away because it was strong. Now it’s my favourite summer orange. It’s nothing girly, with a woody, resinous orange. On my skin it lasts all day with a moderate trail. I read recent reviews with regret that say it lasts a breath. I will take very good care of my 2009 bottle.
Yesterday I went to the perfumerie with a friend and she tried this one. It seemed like a warm, beautiful, well-feminine, delicate and tender citrus. I think the negative reviews are from people who are muuuy knowledgeable, because to me it seemed it couldn’t disgust anyone, of excellent olfactory quality, completely versatile and very suitable for blind buying. Perhaps I’m impartial because I loved it. Regarding longevity: my friend didn’t feel much of it after a while, as if it wasn’t intense right next to the skin. However, we had tried at least six perfumes on skin between the two, including Velvet Orchid, Black Orchid Parfum and L’Ombre des Merveilles. Then we went for a walk along Puerto Madero and the entire waterfront all afternoon, sweating in the heat, eating chips and drinking beer. But every time the wind blew, even already at night, only an enveloping trail of this perfume was felt. It was a pleasure. She said it only went away when she took a bath.
I received it yesterday; I’m in August in Argentina with mild temperatures. It develops well; it’s a clean, woody fragrance, like an orange cream. Super elegant, not sweet or romantic, it’s for personal enjoyment, not for conquering, but it’s beautiful. I love it. I find it ideal for the office, very professional and sophisticated. I sense a hint of sandalwood, although it’s not in the notes. I think it’s for winter or autumn, during the day and perhaps spring-summer nights. Edited 20/1/2022: I used it for Christmas on Christmas Eve with the heat, and it was excellent, very rich, even more so than in August. Conclusion: to use all year round, it lifts my spirits.
To me, it seems unisex. It’s beautiful and very balanced. It has a lot of personality and is original. Soft but with body, woody and resinous, with notes dancing around giving it a heartwarming scent. It imprints on the olfactory memory. It’s inimitable (I believe the EDT holds the old scent better than the EDP).
I was surprised by the citrus notes and quickly felt the pink pepper. It’s adorable, original and super fresh.
Do you want to return to childhood and smell like coloured pencil shavings? Wait until Eau des Merveilles dries down. But be careful: smelling like pencils isn’t being innocent, and this has nothing to do with that. It’s very complex, nothing like a pushover and ready to fight. The girl who gave it to me confessed she didn’t like it, which is normal given its indescribable, convoluted and aggressive opening. You have to give it time, like a sullen adopted dog that becomes noble with patience. The first spray is almost suffocating, bitter, herbal and woody. Then it reminds you of aged whisky with pepper until it defines itself as a fresh citrus balm. That’s where my fetish appears: the elemi, that island resin that at first seems astringent but becomes herbal and less ceremonial. You’ve won me over, Eau des Merveilles. Forget about flowers; there are almost none; the violet gets lost among the intensities. The heart smells like eighties shaving lotions. When dried, that freshly cut pencil cedar becomes mossy, bordering on chypre in an elegant way. I tried it at 15:30 and it lasted until I went to sleep at 00:00. Good projection, not overwhelming. It’s not exclusively feminine; it’s unisex and by no means unsuitable for men. It could pass for distinguished woody citrus, but it’s not an Eau de Rochas. It has an eccentric, cheeky point that sets it apart from the conventional. It’s showy, changing and kaleidoscopic; it can cause extreme reactions but it’s no mediocrity. Whether it ends up being liked or not, try it for the experience: it’s like riding the boldest attraction in a perfume park: extremely fun, euphoric and, of course, “merveilleuse”.
Ideal for day wear and with depth in summer. On my skin the orange is accentuated by elemi resin, blending well with the lemon. The spicy opening evolves into woods until the end: exquisite fir and eternal orange, a citrus that lasts for hours without being just an opening. It’s an ambered, woody orange water. It doesn’t intoxicate as much as Elixir Des Merveilles, which is fabulous but follows a denser line.
Do you want to return to your childhood and feel a scent similar to that of coloured pencil shavings? Wait for Eau des Merveilles to dry. But be careful, one thing is smelling like pencils and another being candid, and this has nothing to do with that. It’s very complex, not docile and ready to fight. The girl who let me try it confessed she didn’t like it, nothing strange given its indescribable, convoluted and even aggressive opening. You have to give it time, like those adopted, shy dogs that become the noblest companions with patience. That first spray is almost suffocating, bitter, herbal and woody. At some point it reminded me of an aged whisky with hints of pepper until it defined itself as a citrus and fresh balm. That’s when my fetish note appeared: elemi, that island resin that at first seems astringent but ends up unfolding gently and less ceremonious than other balsams. And there you won me over. You have to get used to the idea that the absence of floral notes is almost complete and the only one present, violet, darkens among so many intense notes. The heart phase recalls the clean aromaticity of eighties shaving lotions. In the dry down, that freshly cut pencil cedar shavings manifest themselves, ending up very mossy and making the aroma border on Chypre in an elegant and timeless way. As for longevity, I tried the EDT at 3:30 PM and it lasted until I went to sleep past midnight. Good projection, without overwhelming as much as I expected. I wouldn’t consider it exclusively feminine, but rather feminine unisex and by no means unisex for men. It could pass for a very distinguished woody citrus, but it’s not a Rochas Eau. It has an eccentric and mischievous point that sets it apart from that style. It’s one of the effectful, changing and kaleidoscopic ones; it may produce extreme reactions but it’s not average. Whether it ends up pleasing you or not, I encourage you to try it just to live the experience; for me it was like riding the boldest attraction in a theme park dedicated to perfume: extremely fun, euphoric and, of course, ‘merveilleuse’.
It wraps me in a calming mossy meadow. Looking up at the sky and seeing an orange butterfly land on my forehead, I feel that divine connection and the fullness of things. It hypnotises and awakens me; does magic need an explanation? The resins are there from the start. It reminds me of my attic and my beloved L’Or de Lolita Lempicka: that spicy opening and balsamic development… what an addiction! It’s sparkling, provocative and full of personality, something paradoxical because it has no sex, age or season. An eternal luxury, an amulet that banishes fears, a forest within me and within you. 🕯️ 10/10.🔥
My favourite fragrance, no need to say more.