Vanille Galante
Hermessence · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2009
≈ $250 · 100ml · approx. retail
A radically transparent take on vanilla, reimagined as a diaphanous white flower rather than a sweet dessert, threaded with lily and ylang-ylang. Airy and elegant, its vanilla stays weightless over a soft sandalwood veil.
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French · 24 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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