Un Jardin sur le Nil

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Un Jardin sur le Nil

Hermès · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2005

≈ $47 · 1.7oz · approx. retail

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A 2005 unisex eau de toilette by Jean-Claude Ellena inspired by green mangoes he smelled along the Nile. It pairs tangy green mango and grapefruit with watery lotus and dry sycamore wood for an airy, summery freshness.

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Perfumer

Jean-Claude Ellena

French · 53 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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