Terre d'Hermès

Hermès · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2006

≈ $125 · 100ml · approx. retail

A mineral, fruity-woody signature that opens on bright orange and grapefruit before settling into a dry, earthy heart of pepper and flinty vetiver. The patchouli, cedar and benzoin base lends a rooted, sunlit-soil warmth that feels both rugged and elegantly restrained.

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The core · the next few hours

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The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

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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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