Jardin du Poète Eau d'Italie 2011

I like Japanese gardens - the natural beauty combined with the seemingly purposeful arrangement has a calming effect, in my opinion. It may cost a lot of money, but I would consider it worthwhile both materially and in terms of the care it requires. I am generally a grounded person, but I do see a strong, powerful source there. Spirituality is too distant a concept for me to apply it. Nevertheless, the babbling of the streams, the shapes, whether in the pebbles or rock arrangements, as well as the occasional play of light or the scent of all the green elements are simply sensual - this patch of earth lives or radiates an atmospheric joy of life. Vegetative dynamism as well as calming charm.

In the world of fragrance, the garden variants from Hermès are well-known, with the version of the Nile being the most famous and, in my opinion, the best. Less known, however, is an Italian niche treasure that fully embodies the spirit of an expressively depicted Mediterranean green space. "Jardin du Poète" is truly Italian poetry, so fine in the natural beauty of regionally typical fruits and so spicy and woody, as one imagines in the Mediterranean region.

This is pure bella Italia, with all its facets. Citrus in every conceivable form - bitter, sour, fresh, and above all beautifully lifelike, as if one were strolling through plantations and harvesting the fruits, rubbing one's hand on the skin, splitting it in the middle, and collecting all these accompanying sensations on the skin.

Furthermore, the typical Italian cypress appears, giving the garden a wonderfully woody undertone. Basil adds a green, fresh herbal touch to this fragrance poem, but not exaggerated, beautifully subtle as a homogeneous part of this splendid Mediterranean blend that Eau d'Italie has conjured up here. This has been interpreted better or more charmingly than Hermès or their perfumer Jean-Claude Elléna did with "Un Jardin en Méditerranée."

This composition is truly pure advertising for the charisma of Italian gardens, a poetry of scents that invites one to visualize this green space. In terms of the attractiveness of this Mediterranean version, one even forgets for a moment their fondness for Japanese forms and sensuality, if one likes that or has such a preference. Be that as it may, in my case, this clearly speaks for the Garden of Poets from Eau d'Italie. A poem of a fragrance, even if it is not one of my absolute favorites that I would wear as a companion. It is more of a scent that one enjoys smelling from time to time. One should test beforehand whether it works as a perfume for them individually or if the scent itself is simply perceived as "very beautiful," as in my case.