Jour D'hermes Absolu

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Jour D'hermes Absolu

Hermès · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2014

≈ $99 · approx. retail

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A richer, more intense sister to Jour d'Hermès, deepening the gardenia-jasmine heart with apricot blossom and a mossier woody base.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

SpringFallWinterDailyOfficeEvening

Perfumer

Jean-Claude Ellena

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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