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Olive Wood
PistachioUn Jardin à Cythère
Pistachio is not a material you expect from a house like this, and Hermès Un Jardin à Cythère Eau de Toilette Refillable 50ml is built on it. Two materials are recorded, pistachio and olive wood. The pistachio is the surprise and the selling point: slightly sweet, slightly salty, buttery in a way that reads as nutty rather than edible, and much drier than the word suggests. Olive wood is the other half, pale and dry with a faint bitterness and a sun warmed quality, and it gives the nut something hard to sit against. Two entries on the row, so this is a short composition and it should be judged as one. There is no development to wait for and nothing arrives late.
Christine Nagel composed it in 2023 for the Jardin series, which is the part of the catalogue where the house takes its chances. This is one of the odder entries and one of the better ones. Toilette strength is right for something this dry. It stays close, lasts a moderate rather than a long time, and is meant to be applied again in the afternoon rather than rationed. Heat suits it and so does daylight. At 50ml in a refillable bottle it is the size to buy if you want to live with something unusual without committing to a large flacon of it. It reads as unisex and it suits people who are bored of citrus in summer. It is also one of the few perfumes in the house's range that strangers ask about.
Hermès has been in Paris since 1837, when Thierry Hermès set up as a harness maker, and it remains a family house six generations on. Perfume has been part of it since 1951, with the Hermessence collection as its most specialised line.
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