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Bel Ami Vetiver
Hermès · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2013
≈ $100 · approx. retail
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Ellena's reinterpretation of Bel Ami built around vetiver rather than patchouli, turning the original chypre-leather into a warm, green, woody-leather composition.
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French · 56 in collection
Jean-Claude Ellena is a celebrated French perfumer and author, Grasse-born and Givaudan-trained, who served as Hermès's exclusive in-house perfumer from 2004 to 2016. Famed for his minimalist, transparent, watercolour-like style, he created Hermès's Terre d'Hermès and the Jardins collection and has also composed for Bvlgari, Cartier and Frédéric Malle.
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