Equipage
Hermès · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 1970
≈ $140 · 100ml · approx. retail
Equipage, created by Guy Robert in 1970, was the first masculine fragrance from Hermès — a sober, virile woody-spicy chypre balancing herbs and spices over an oakmoss-and-vetiver base. Carnation and cinnamon give its heart a powdery, spicy signature.
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