Frequently Asked Questions about Jour d'Hermes by Hermès
What does Jour d'Hermes by Hermès smell like?
Jour d'Hermes by Hermès features top notes of Grapefruit, Lemon, and Water, middle notes of Gardenia, Green Notes, Sweet Pea, and White Flowers, and base notes of Musk and Woody Notes.
Who created Jour d'Hermes by Hermès?
Jour d'Hermes by Hermès was created by Jean-Claude Ellena.
So I recall sniffing this when it came out and thinking 'meh' it's Ellena it's Hermes, it's orangey, it's nice and didn't think much more about it. Well it's nearly a decade later and I'm revaluating Hermes as being probably the most consistently brilliant of the big fashion house brands. They might not be the most wildly creative but they connect with a lot of fragrance fans and everything from the concepts to the packaging give a great experience to the customer, and the Jour flacon is one of those joyful things. The smell of the perfume does have some additional sharpness but to me it smells of orange pith, but it almost seems to sidestep that with it's floral (white) focus and when I say focus I mean blur, because it's not the vivid indolic white flowers of jasmine or tuberose but the kinda vague, fantasy muguet and magnolia of white flowers. But it's soooooo fresh and lovely, with this licked skin, chalky ambergris which I think smells flat to some people (see bigarade concentree) but I think Ellena deliberately juxtaposes this against the zesty freshness. The drydown is a powdery light, caleche lite sort of thing maybe? But quite tenacious without being annoying. I think it's wonderful and I actually really want this fragrance, especially for the warm weather, it's class.
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Jour d'Hermes, from Hermès was released in 2013. The perfumer behind this creation is Jean-Claude Ellena. It has the top notes of Grapefruit, Lemon, and Water, middle notes of Gardenia, Green Notes, Sweet Pea, and White Flowers, and base notes of Musk and Woody Notes.
So I recall sniffing this when it came out and thinking 'meh' it's Ellena it's Hermes, it's orangey, it's nice and didn't think much more about it. Well it's nearly a decade later and I'm revaluating Hermes as being probably the most consistently brilliant of the big fashion house brands. They might not be the most wildly creative but they connect with a lot of fragrance fans and everything from the concepts to the packaging give a great experience to the customer, and the Jour flacon is one of those joyful things. The smell of the perfume does have some additional sharpness but to me it smells of orange pith, but it almost seems to sidestep that with it's floral (white) focus and when I say focus I mean blur, because it's not the vivid indolic white flowers of jasmine or tuberose but the kinda vague, fantasy muguet and magnolia of white flowers. But it's soooooo fresh and lovely, with this licked skin, chalky ambergris which I think smells flat to some people (see bigarade concentree) but I think Ellena deliberately juxtaposes this against the zesty freshness. The drydown is a powdery light, caleche lite sort of thing maybe? But quite tenacious without being annoying. I think it's wonderful and I actually really want this fragrance, especially for the warm weather, it's class.