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A Time Line of Hermès Perfume

By Jason Sheeler on May 01, 2017

The evolution of the brand's best fragrances, from the 1950s to today.

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Christine Nagel is the second full-time in-house nose in the history of Hermès—following olfactory legend Jean-Claude Ellena, who created 27 fragrances. Here, its best-smelling hits.

 
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1951: Eau D’Hermès

Edmond Roudnitska, creator of the brand’s first perfume, answered the question: What does Hermès smell like? “The interior of an Hermès bag in which wafted the aroma of a perfume.

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1961: Calèche

The first Hermès women’s fragrance; the name and the woodsy top notes refer to the logo’s horse-drawn carriage.

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1986: Bel Ami

The leather-noted scent was originally created by Jean-Louis Sieuzac and later updated by Ellena.

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1995: 24 Faubourg

The white-flower fragrance—named for the brand’s storied Left Bank Paris address—was composed by Maurice Roucel.

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2004: Collection Hermessence

Olfactory poems” is how Ellena, in his first outing for Hermès, described this series of simple “odes to fragrance,” each with only one or two main ingredients.

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2006: Terre D'Hermès

The house’s best-selling scent, with notes of cedar, patchouli, and vetiver, was inspired by French novelist Jean Giono.

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2010: Voyage D'Hermès

Travel is as much the soul of Hermès as horses and Kelly bags. Ellena’s amber fragrance has an exquisite, refillable bottle created by in-house designer Philippe Mouquet.

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2014: Parfum De La Maison

Hermès’s first home scents were created by Ellena’s daughter, Céline. She describes them as “fragrant sounds.”

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2015: La Jardin De Monsieur Li

A WWD review described the origins of this scent, which was inspired by a Chinese garden, as “intergalactic.”

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2017: Eau Des Merveilles Bleue

Nose Christine Nagel updated the 2004 hit this year, taking inspiration from childhood seagoing memories.

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