Jour d'Hermès Absolu Refillable
An 85ml refillable bottle is an odd size, and Jour d'Hermès Absolu Refillable Eau de Toilette 85ml is the better buy for it, since the format assumes you will keep the glass and replace only what is inside.
Gardenia, jasmine and apricot blossom make up the recorded composition. Gardenia is the one you notice first, creamy and a little waxy, with the cool green underside that real flowers have and most imitations do not. Jasmine gives it weight and a touch of sweetness, heady without tipping into the overblown. Apricot blossom rounds the pair off, soft and faintly fruited, the blossom rather than the fruit itself. The whole thing is warm and powdery in the best sense, and because there are only three materials on record it holds one idea steadily rather than travelling through acts.
At toilette strength it is the lighter way to wear this, which in practice means it is easier in daylight and in warm weather than the stronger concentration. It stays near the skin after the first half hour and tends to want topping up by late afternoon.
It is a women's perfume and it suits work, lunches and spring days better than formal evenings. The year recorded is 2014. If you already know you like the scent, the refillable bottle is simply the sensible way to own it over time, and the odd capacity means it outlasts a standard 50ml by a useful margin.
Hermès has traded from Paris since 1837 and from 24 Faubourg Saint-Honoré since 1880, having started as a harness workshop under its founder Thierry Hermès. Scent has been part of the house since 1951 and now includes the Hermessence collection.
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