At Hermès, freedom is one of the ferments
of creation. By choosing Jean-Claude
Ellena as their nose in 2004, the house
formed an alliance with a free spirit
and storyteller.
For a perfumer, this blend of essential
oils and almost pure alcohol, this simple
and honest, citrus-dominated structure
that is Cologne, is an exercise in style.
For the wearer, the pleasure is immediate,
intense, and personal, but it also inspires
a spontaneous desire to share that unites
generations.
With Eau de néroli doré, his Fifth
creation in the Cologne family, Jean-Claude
Ellena has given free expression to the
raw materials and to the memory of his
Mediterranean youth. Neroli is the essence extracted from orange blossom, and named
after the 17th-century Italian Princess of
Nerola, who used it to perfume her gloves.
“When I started out in the profession
of perfumer,” says Jean-Claude Ellena,
“I learned to distil raw materials, including
orange blossom. When you enter the world
of stills, you are also immersed in a scent,
impregnated with it, you become it.
My entire being was fragranced with orange
blossom. To reproduce this sensation,
where normally one uses very little neroli
in fragrances, I used it abundantly, with
abandon, as never before.”
And to pay tribute to his cherished
Mediterranean, to its history, its sunshine
and its spices, he enhanced this golden
neroli with saffron.
A universe of fragrant experiences
The fruit of a dialogue between artistic sensitivity and
artisanal expertise, Hermès asserts its own interpretation
of the Cologne style with Eau d’orange verte,
Eau de pamplemousse rose, Eau de gentiane blanche,
Eau de narcisse bleu, Eau de mandarine ambrée and now,
Eau de néroli doré and Eau de rhubarbe écarlate.
They offer their dazzling vivacity as a splash or a spray,
and favour generosity in application.
They are luxurious and unique...Try them, have them, cherish them...!
