Le Jardin de Monsieur Li
Hermès · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2015
≈ $190 · 100ml · approx. retail
Released in 2015, this Jean-Claude Ellena eau de toilette evokes a tranquil Chinese garden between reality and imagination. It juxtaposes tangy kumquat and explosive bergamot with sambac jasmine, mint and green sap over a cool, aquatic-mineral base.
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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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