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Un Jardin sur la Lagune Hermès 2019

7.1 / 10 564 Ratings

A perfume by Hermès for women and men, released in 2019. The scent is floral-aquatic. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Aquatic

Fresh

Woody

Synthetic

Fragrance Notes

Magnolia

Madonna lily

Sea breeze

Woody notes

Pittosporum

Perfumer

Christine Nagel

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Ratings

Scent

7.1564 Ratings

Longevity

7.2467 Ratings

Sillage

6.6469 Ratings

Bottle

7.7455 Ratings

Value for money

7.0237 Ratings

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Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Parfums-Jardins collection.

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Reviews

37 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/20/2024

8.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Ringtale
140 Reviews

Ringtale

2

Worth the wait

At first spray out of my sample I thought: 'Meh...just another aquatic, not interesting, a bit masculine...' and already decided not te buy a bottle and to forget about it completely.
But little did I know that about twenty minutes later I would smell the most lovely, intriguing, summery, scent.
It even reminds me a little of my beloved and sadly discontinued L'Eau de Monteil! Not that it is similar, but it has that same DNA.
In the opening I feared a headache inducing note, but in the drydown that also was completely gone.
I will use my sample a bit more before I decide, but I can imagine me buying a full bottle in summer.
Longevity and sillage are good for a scent in this range, I still get whiffs of it now and then after spraying it five hours ago..

Updated on 03/20/2024

05/19/2025

8.5Scent 7Sillage

Piggly
12 Reviews

Piggly

1

Wow wow

Sur la Lagune certainly has an interesting start. A very blue-ish style sea notes, which is more of a general freshness than the ocean itself. It actually sort of reminds me of how the men’s fragrance Luna Rossa Ocean starts.

Except this one is way fresher in how it comes across and has a strong magnolia note, right from the get go. But, even stronger at the beginning is the Madonna lily. That’s already a powerful floral note, with the blueish notes backing it, the flower seems massive.

It comes across as kind of powdery within that watery vibe, which is why it reminds me of the Prada cologne.

Pittosporum is apparently a type of shrub that produces an aroma similar to orange blossom. I do pick up something similar in smell to orange blossom. Not too strong, I don’t really have an experience with this note, but that’s as close as I can get.

As this dries down, it’s a white floral soapy aroma. Very clean with a bit of dry wood in the base, some salt, and just a generally cool feeling. Fresh soap bar is what I’m left with.

03/15/2019

5Scent 9Longevity 5Sillage

StellaDiverF
213 Reviews

StellaDiverF

1

Eau du Citron Noir at Sea

Un Jardin sur La Lagune opens with a refreshing, sparkling lemon on my skin, not as ripe and juicy as in Eau du Citron Noir, but imparting an equally natural feeling. Unfortunately, this fresh, aromatic lemon's fate also mirrors that succulent ripe lemon in Eau du Citron Noir: quickly tainted by acrid, screechy woody amber aromachemicals. Here, they're not as smoky as in Eau du Citron Noir, but mainly to provide a dry, almost dessicated texture to a salty, slightly mineral note, in order to imitate the ambient aroma of sea water in canals and stone walls in Venice.

Although I do detect the delicious, jasmine tea-like redolence of pitosporum on the test strip, on my skin, the floral notes in La Lagune remain frustratingly vague throughout the whole development. Once the fresh lemon note completely disappears after about 2 hours, Un Jardin sur La Lagune then remains this abstract, slightly salty floral musk with an unpleasantly fuzzy undertone of woody amber aromachemicals. The later eventually take over after 5 hours and turn La Lagune into an amorphous woody amber musk, not unlike the far dry down of many current masculine perfumes centred around these popular woody amber aromachemicals.

Un Jardin sur La Lagune has a moderate sillage on me and is pretty tenacious thanks to its woody amber musk dry down, lasting almost 11 hours on my skin.

Although I can more or less see why these elements are chosen to recreate the imagery of hidden garden behind stone walls with wafts of sea water through the canals, the abstract combined effect doesn't smell convincing to me. I guess this rather atmospheric treatment aims to be coherent with the rest of Les Jardins series, but the problem for me is that, while those scorching woody amber aromachemicals and inorganic-feeling mineral notes can work magic when they're cleverly disguised within other notes or when they're surrounded by vivid details, they often appear very artificial to me when they're laid out bare or without enough intricate details to smooth out the edge, which is more or less what I perceive in Un Jardin sur La Lagune. Because of the noticeable presence of woody amber aromachemicals and a resulting more harsh texture, I'd recommend it to those who enjoy Eau du Citron Noir and are interested in a slightly marine twist, rather than those who enjoy the previous entries of Les Jardins series.

06/27/2025

9Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Xavica
322 Reviews

Xavica

2

Venetian Drift

Un Jardin sur la Lagune is an extremely soft, enveloping fragrance. The sea-and-wood combination is fairly common in perfumery, but here the blend is simply incredible.

It’s like a sea breeze drifting over a wooden gondola. Inside, a large bouquet of white flowers has been placed, releasing delicately fruity (magnolia) and honeyed (pittosporum) notes. The whole composition is smooth, creamy, fresh, and deep. A sensual and soothing perfume, all at once.

I love it.

03/02/2025

10Scent

Gobetthomas
26 Reviews

Gobetthomas

1

Reminds me of 13 beaches from LDR

It smells like a white flower garden by the sea late at night around midnight, long after the sun has set and it's starting to get cooler. The sea breeze, the smell of white flowers, the feeling of sand under your feets, the smell of the sea. It reminds me a little of the beginning of Lana Del Rey's 13 Beaches, but in a happier version.

Updated on 12/08/2025

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