Barénia
Hermes Barenia is named after the hide Hermes reserves for its finest saddlery, and Christine Nagel spent roughly a decade on it.
Bergamot opens it with miracle berry. Miracle berry is a West African fruit that famously alters how the tongue perceives sourness, and it is almost unheard of in perfumery. Here it gives the citrus a strange, slightly syrupy sweetness that is hard to place.
Butterfly lily is the whole heart. It is a tropical rhizome flower, green and spicy and faintly creamy rather than a conventional lily, and giving it the middle alone makes the fragrance feel transparent where a house signature would normally crowd in.
Patchouli, oak wood and akigalawood finish it. Akigalawood is a captive material made by treating patchouli oil with enzymes, and it smells peppery and woody with a hide-like edge. It is the note that justifies the name, and it is what makes the base recognisably Hermes.
How Barenia wears
It lasts a long time and projects moderately. It works in any season and reads equally well on men and women.
Hermes Barenia Eau de Parfum, 60ml, created by Christine Nagel in 2024 for Hermes, the Paris house founded in 1837.
Please note: images are a guide only. Packaging and bottle design may occasionally differ from those shown due to manufacturer updates or promotions.
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