Parfum d'Hermès (Eau de Toilette) by Hermès

Parfum d'Hermès Hermès 1984 Eau de Toilette

8.3 / 10 97 Ratings

A popular perfume by Hermès for women, released in 1984. The scent is floral-spicy. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Floral

Spicy

Woody

Chypre

Powdery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Aldehydes

Galbanum

Hyacinth

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Rose

Iris

Jasmine

Ylang-ylang

Base Notes

Spices

Myrrh

Sandalwood Amber

Amber

Vanilla

Vetiver

Cedar

Frankincense

Perfumers

Akiko Kamei, Raymond Chaillan

Ratings

Scent

8.397 Ratings

Longevity

8.477 Ratings

Sillage

7.675 Ratings

Bottle

8.182 Ratings

Value for money

7.310 Ratings

Submitted by Sani, last update on 09/24/2025.

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Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/05/2015

9.5Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Cumulnimbus
119 Reviews

Cumulnimbus

Helpful Review 2

A lost treasure

Parfum d'Hermes is a lost treasure. I would love to have a full bottle of this one but it has become too difficult to find for a reasonable price. It deserves the admiration, it is a truly timeless beauty. The blend starts with a spectacular hyacinth plus green notes top, followed by a bright and powdery combination of classic flowers which leads to a warm smoky and resinous dry down supported by spicy sweet woody solid base. It is a chic classic, not too bold still distinct. Easy to wear on daytime, long lasting enough as perfumes of the era used to be. It just makes my heart ache the fact that such a wonder has disappeared forever.

02/27/2023

BrianBuchanan
363 Reviews

BrianBuchanan

4

Still Tugging the Heart Strings

After decades in the doldrums, the rose-violet gained a new lease of life with Paris.
And then, a year later, Hermès made their riposte thanks to the adept Raymond Chaillan and Akiko Kamei.
A wistful rose-iris, with almondy gourmand and lush creamy base, Parfum d'Hermès is a product of its time; but it wears the years lightly, and it's still beautiful, still tugging the heart strings...

11/07/2011

8Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Turandot
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Turandot

Top Review 21

When Hermès Was Not Yet a Synonym for J.C. Ellena

I would have never expected this beautiful fragrance from Hermès, as it has a completely different aura than the other perfumes from this brand.

The first impression for me is radiant, floral-light green, and immediately very feminine but in an elegant way. Here, Parfum d'Hermès reminds me of all the fine women's fragrances that glance at Chanel No. 5, yet manage to take a turn in their own distinct direction. This fragrance is just like that. The floral heart - powdery and light - is draped with a delicate veil of iris and transitions into a cozy and less formal part. Because the base is indeed a whole lot more private. Now the lady has kicked off her pumps and propped her silk-clad leg up.
In the classifications, I see that "oriental" has also been checked. I cannot relate to that, as the spices, and even the myrrh, do not remind me of the Orient in any way. I would rather suspect juniper than clove and cardamom. The myrrh has a slightly rough and velvety quality, which dims the dazzling floral splendor. As a partner, incense stands by her side, which, in my opinion, does not play a significant role here, but rather casts that elegant, silvery-gray veil over everything, making Parfum d'Hermès very desirable for me.

Since the perfume truly belongs to the past, I will gladly turn back time every now and then and enjoy a drop.

11/11/2019

9.5Scent 7Longevity 8Sillage

Jubilation

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Jubilation

Top Review 25

Hermes' Masterpiece

It was 1984 when this glorious fragrance was launched at the Hermes house, whose texture and fabric are typical of the brand.
The great perfumer Raymond Chaillan composed this monument of olfactory art together with the mythical Akiko Kamei. The idea was to produce a perfume of the highest quality that could represent the house worldwide and detach itself from the genre of Hermes.
And thus, from a heap of countless attempts, this magnificent chypre emerged, where the floral heart revolves around the absolute of rose.
The opening is lemon-yellow (bergamot) dense and aldehydic, almost metallic, a freshness typical for feminine chypres, where the aldehydes burst onto the scene in an explosive manner. After this very fresh and metallic phase, the green aspect of the perfume comes to the fore, with galbanum and hyacinth creating a strongly harsh, stiff, and floral scent. Followed by the beautiful iris, which immerses a red and bloody rose, the master of the entire composition.
The rose is accompanied by an indolic jasmine and ylang-ylang, forming a dusty flower.
The rose is also well constructed with warm and smoky myrrh, which makes the flower warm, bloody, and seductive; the sandalwood together with cedarwood forms a woody background that is already noticeable after the first hour. The result is a magnificent floral chypre, where the rose is the undisputed protagonist of the entire composition.
A rose with many faces: sometimes it is cold (rose and aldehydes), while at other times it is strongly sharp (rose and hyacinth), but the base is certainly an oriental rose with plenty of myrrh resin and sandalwood.
This composition is similar in the early developmental stages to Guerlain's Chamade (which does not become warm and velvety like Parfum d'Hermes), thus creating a very strong association with the mythical Guerlain chypre. This similarity is very pronounced, as they share many common notes: bergamot, hyacinth, rose, jasmine, galbanum, and sandalwood.
The combination of rose and sandalwood bears similarities in many places to another great Guerlain: Samsara. It is a sweet and velvety powderiness, a warm appearance conveyed by the large amounts of sandalwood expressed in both perfumes.
The result is a perfume with luxurious radiance, a powdery warmth that warms and enchants, the idea of velvety vermilion that becomes warm and seductive skin.
This fragrance expresses everything that can be represented by elegance and sophistication through scent. For that is luxury in one word: Parfum d'Hermes.
(The review concerns the 1984 EDT version.
Sorry for the many mistakes, but German is not my language. However, I hope my message has come through!)

11/16/2011

10Scent 10Longevity

Medusa00
839 Reviews

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Medusa00

Top Review 21

The Surprise of the Day!

Well, I have tested many fragrances from Hermés, but so far I have only commented on a few. "Amazone," which I find absolutely amazing, and "Hiris," which confused me because I smelled carrots in it, even though there are none. The others I tested neither inspired me to a high-flying experience nor to a juicy critique. Hermés, oh yes, nice little scents, well made, a bit more expensive than the usual mainstream. Until Parfum d'Hermés flew in today, and I owe that to the good "Fhfhfh" (funny nickname, lol), and here it shows once again that it is the classics that have made renowned fragrance houses what they are today, and it also shows that they sink into banality and conformity in their latest creations.
Yes, of course, the scent is a feast for me as an aldehyde lover. That’s how PdH starts, but immediately transitions to a green-dusty floral note.
The heart note has a lot of character, and that is what makes a fragrance special for me. Character! Iris-heavy, floral, an extra dose of femininity! Not banal, shallow, or overly adapted, like the women (who the fragrance houses envision or just consumers??) of the 2000s are, yes, all so quietly, but also not a screaming niche where a woman, when wearing it, sometimes secretly checks her underwear to see if maybe a penis is growing.
This fragrance embodies pure, mature femininity all the way to the base. Spicy, gently smoky, yet rough and self-determined. A woman who wears this scent has nothing more to prove, as she has long left her girlish phase behind!

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