A much better sample is hardly to be tested in spring, so many thanks to the donor. As a fan of the Hermès Jardin series and with a small poet hype slowly building on YouTube, I was extremely curious and filled with high expectations. Let's just say this: in the end, those expectations were just barely met, but there could have been so much more.
I was even briefly at 100%, I liked the scent so much, it really did me good and brightened my mood. When it comes to capturing a green, spring-like garden atmosphere, no other fragrance can compete with it. It is zesty, refreshing, fortunately not too green or full of figs, yet still grassy, herbal, floral, and somehow meaty-vegetable. As if you were standing in the middle of a Sicilian allotment garden full of tomatoes, lettuce, lemons, and all kinds of grasses. Mediterranean feeling deluxe - natural and so perfect for the current time. Folks, this scent could define your spring 2014, and it is affordable. Or just take it with you on your vacation and forever associate the beautiful memories with the garden of poets. You probably just need to reapply more often.
Bottle: bold but somehow very clunky and simple. High recognition value.
Sillage: about like the Hermès fragrances, even somewhat less.
Longevity: 4 hours in the garden of rhymes and dreams - disappointing!
Actually, I should have definitely rhymed with the perfume name - but that has become a bit too much for me lately, and the frustration over a botched higher rating was also not small. Nevertheless, it remains on the wish list because the scent itself is truly great open-air cinema.
Grassy, herbal, meaty-vegetable... yes, that's how it is. The vegetable for me is definitely cucumber; it reminds me of Eau de Campagne, which I like even more.
Hyazinthe 10 years ago