Brand: Hermès
Basis: Original
Concentration: EDT
Sex: Unisex
Generally: Green mango on the Nile — the most loved of the Jardins
Season(s): Summer
Wear: Day
Occasion: Everyday, Office
Perfumer: Jean-Claude Ellena
Creation Date: 2005

Main Accords: Green Citrus

Notes
Top: Green Mango, Grapefruit, Tomato Leaf
Middle: Lotus, Orange Blossom, Peony
Base: Incense, Musk, Cedar

The Scent

Unripe mango, grapefruit and tomato-leaf green with a cool lotus heart: crisp, watery, endlessly refreshing. Widely considered the high point of the series and one of the great summer fragrances, full stop.

Worth Knowing

Ellena travelled the Nile to Aswan for this brief; the green-mango accord he brought back is still copied twenty years on.

Where It Came From

Launched 2005, second in the Jardin series.

About Hermès

Hermès began as a Paris harness maker in 1837 and still runs as a family-controlled house. Its perfumery took its modern shape under in-house perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena (2004–2016), whose spare, watercolour style defines the Jardin series.

Hand-decanted from an authentic full-size bottle. Not affiliated with Hermès.