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Eau De Gentiane Blanche
Hermès · Eau de Cologne (EDC) · 2009
≈ $90 · approx. retail
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A bitter-green cologne built on gentian root, softened by powdery iris and a clean, ashen musk-and-incense base — austere and refined.
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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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