UN JARDIN EN MEDITERRANEE By Hermes 50 ml

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If you like cedars and cypresses and also their slightly resinous scent, you will feel right at home here.

I rarely venture into the world of mainstream/designer perfumery and I usually get punished for that. This was no exception. Only with a vengeance. C'est au cœur du maquis corse qu'Isabelle Demoustier fait aujourd'hui revivre les jardins familiaux. Le Parc de Saleccia offre un paysage méditerranéen façonné par l'homme et sublimé par les environs de l'île de Beauté. La mer peut également être évoquée par des objets qui rappellent cet univers nautique : filets de pêche, cordes, voilages, coquillages…This fragrance symphony from Hermès can thus be a kind of "flying aroma carpet" to every individual desired point!

Together with the oily pistachio (a fine green scent that always seems a little creamy due to the oil content), the fragrance painting of the day is completed.

Evergreens in the summer sun; the bright, piquant tones of cypress and juniper greet my nose after dousing myself with Un Jardin En Mediterranee. I immediately recognize what seems to be Cupressus lusitanica essential oil, also known as Mexican Cypress, which has this intense berry tone in addition to its coniferous, resinous qualities. Whether Ellena used it or not is up for debate, but what I detect certainly lends a distinct, alluring quality, melding with the other top notes. Also, fig and pistachio come in about ten minutes into the dry down, with green, lactonic, almost salty impressions. One of my first "hidden gems" that i came across when I started my journey years ago was this fragrance. A masterful composition by one of my favorites Perfumers, mister Jean-Claude Ellena.