Aqua Allegoria Herba Fresca

Guerlain · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 1999

≈ $75 · 75ml · approx. retail

A cornerstone of the Aqua Allegoria line launched in 1999, Herba Fresca pairs mint and green tea with citrus for a crisp, herbal freshness co-created by Jean-Paul Guerlain and Mathilde Laurent.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

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Perfumer

Mathilde Laurent

French · 21 in collection

A French perfumer who trained at ISIPCA and spent over a decade at Guerlain before becoming Cartier's first dedicated in-house perfumer in the mid-2000s. She is celebrated for an artistic, conceptual approach to fine fragrance.

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