About This Scent
- Notes
- Green Mango, Lotus, sycamore
- Brand
- Hermès
- Launch date
- 2005
Sold as a pair, Hermès Un Jardin Sur Le Nil Eau de Toilette Duo is aimed at the person who already wears this and would rather not run out, or at two people sharing a discovery. The fragrance is Jean-Claude Ellena's, composed in 2005, and three materials are recorded for it. Green mango is the opening and the signature, sharp and resinous, the taste of fruit cut long before it was ready. Lotus runs under it, watery and cool, thinning the fruit out into something almost transparent. Sycamore provides the dry finish, papery and faintly dusty, which stops the perfume disappearing altogether after an hour. The note row is brief and it holds its shape rather than evolving, which is part of why it has worn so well over the years. Two decades of competition have not produced an obvious replacement for it.
A duo is a practical rather than a romantic purchase. We have not been given the contents in detail, so take it as the fragrance presented as a pair rather than assuming any particular combination of sizes. At toilette strength the perfume is light and close, lasting a few hours at full clarity before settling to a trace. Apply it liberally, since this is not a scent that rewards caution, and reapply in the afternoon in hot weather. It reads as unisex, suits daylight and heat, and travels well, which makes a pair of bottles a reasonable thing to own. For anyone who has worn it for years, this is simply the efficient way to restock.
Thierry Hermès, a harness maker, started the business in Paris in 1837, and the sixth generation of his family controls it today. Perfume has been part of the house since 1951, with the Hermessence collection among its later additions.
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