Kelly Calèche

Hermès · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2007

≈ $165 · 100ml · approx. retail

Kelly Calèche Eau de Parfum is a 2007 Jean-Claude Ellena composition that pairs a fresh rose-and-mimosa floral heart with a soft, refined leather-and-iris base. Named for the Kelly bag and the calèche carriage, it reads as a luminous, feminine light-leather.

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Perfumer

Jean-Claude Ellena

French · 10 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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