Hermessence Ambre Narguilé
Hermès · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2004
≈ $160 · 100ml · approx. retail
Part of the exclusive Hermessence collection launched in 2004, Ambre Narguilé evokes the smoky sweetness of a hookah lounge through honeyed amber, rum, and tobacco. Jean-Claude Ellena described it as amber honey with swirls of smoke from the East.
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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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