Hermessence Cuir d'Ange
Hermès · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2014
≈ $160 · 100ml · approx. retail
Cuir d'Ange, meaning 'angel leather,' was Jean-Claude Ellena's final Hermessence before departing as in-house perfumer in 2014, marking his tenth anniversary at Hermès. It renders leather as light and powdery rather than heavy or animalic.
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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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