Name: Parfum d’Hermes Hermès
Brand: Hermès
Rating: 4.27 (321 reviews)

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Parfum d'Hermès by Hermès is a floral chypre fragrance for women. Launched in 1984, this composition was created by Akiko Kamei and Raymond Chaillan. The top notes reveal aldehydes, hyacinth, galbanum and bergamot; the heart unfolds a harmony of Bulgarian rose, ylang-ylang, iris and Egyptian jasmine; while the base notes settle on myrrh, incense, sandalwood, spices, amber, cedar, vanilla and…

Espartaco July 22, 2019

Chanel No. 5 with sweet myrrh, or a Samsara if they had given birth to it in the late seventies. Parfum d’Hermès is one of the most obscure creations from the house, hardly surprising given that it could easily be mistaken for two hundred similar scents. It wasn’t bad; it smelled luxurious and refined, yet it suffered from being somewhat plain. To try and understand it without having tested it, one must think of the magical accord of traditional French perfumery, which still hadn’t ventured into dark or artistic concepts, that typical haze of floral talc that made you think, without a doubt, of a French perfume. Parfum d’Hermès revolves around the stars of these compositions: lily, rose and ylang, as one would expect. The aldehydes and hyacinth added a touch of lively sparkle, along with sandalwood and myrrh, which leaned more towards the sweet than the narcotic, sexual resin. The king here was an old-fashioned iris, mired in the rest of the notes, with a seventies toiletry finish and a lovely sweetness that set it apart from older, coarser powdery scents. If I had to define it in a phrase, it would be the Guerlain of Hermès; it has an aroma very similar to the brand’s famous makeup powders. A must-have for lovers of romantic perfumes and luxurious, feminine talcs. P.S. Edited to add that the original bottle is not the one shown in the product sheet; that is the generic version for the Jardins reissue of the classics. The authentic one is the small photo on the right in the sheet, which was modernised years later to launch Rouge.

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Espartaco July 22, 2019

Chanel No. 5 with sweet myrrh, or a Samsara if they had given birth to it in the late seventies. Parfum d’Hermès is one of the most obscure creations from the house, hardly surprising given that it could easily be mistaken for two hundred similar scents. It wasn’t bad; it smelled luxurious and refined, yet it suffered from being somewhat plain. To try and understand it without having tested it, one must think of the magical accord of traditional French perfumery, which still hadn’t ventured into dark or artistic concepts, that typical haze of floral talc that made you think, without a doubt, of a French perfume. Parfum d’Hermès revolves around the stars of these compositions: lily, rose and ylang, as one would expect. The aldehydes and hyacinth added a touch of lively sparkle, along with sandalwood and myrrh, which leaned more towards the sweet than the narcotic, sexual resin. The king here was an old-fashioned iris, mired in the rest of the notes, with a seventies toiletry finish and a lovely sweetness that set it apart from older, coarser powdery scents. If I had to define it in a phrase, it would be the Guerlain of Hermès; it has an aroma very similar to the brand’s famous makeup powders. A must-have for lovers of romantic perfumes and luxurious, feminine talcs. P.S. Edited to add that the original bottle is not the one shown in the product sheet; that is the generic version for the Jardins reissue of the classics. The authentic one is the small photo on the right in the sheet, which was modernised years later to launch Rouge.

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