Fragrance Notes
Terre d'Hermès
Terre d'Hermès is one of the most recognised men's fragrances of the last twenty years, and the Terre d'Hermès Eau de Toilette Gift Set is how most people buy it as a present.
The note row we hold is a short one, two materials, and in this case the brevity is close to the truth of the fragrance: it is a study in one contrast rather than a layered composition. Grapefruit does the top, bitter and zesty with a dusty edge rather than a sweet one, and it is the brightest thing in the scent. Cedarwood provides everything else, dry and clean and faintly dusty, like a pencil sharpened too far, and it runs from the first few minutes through to the end of the wear. The pull between bitter citrus and dry cedarwood is the entire idea, and the reason the fragrance has lasted.
The eau de toilette is the version most men know. It is bright at the opening, holds five to seven hours, and projects well in the first hour before settling into something close and dusty. It works across the whole year, which is unusual, and it is as appropriate at a desk as at a wedding.
As a gift it is close to a certainty. Most men either already wear it or recognise it, and the ones who do not tend to get on with it immediately. The boxed presentation makes it a complete present without wrapping, which is part of the appeal at Christmas when the alternative is a bottle in a carrier bag. For a man who has worn the same thing for years, a set of what he already likes is a better gift than an experiment.
Jean-Claude Ellena composed it. Hermès itself was founded in Paris in 1837 by the harness maker Thierry Hermes, remains in family hands six generations on, moved to 24 Faubourg Saint-Honore in 1880 and has been making perfume since 1951.
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