Un Jardin sur la Lagune Hermès 2019

It's humid in the garden by the lagoon. The midsummer is over, but the warmth is still noticeably between the leaves of the southern plants, from which thick drops of the recently passed rain fall. The warm and humid weather calms the senses, everything seems slower; the course of the day, one's own movements, one's own breath.

The evaporating rainwater mixes the scents of the surrounding plants to a harmonious potpourri. It is difficult to discern individual notes; from the trees a warm feeling of well-being penetrates, from the Madonna lilies and Magnolias a breath of floridity.

The Jardin sur la Lagune is not a tropical paradise brimming with exotic fruits, just as little as it makes it seem as if a fresh or even salty breeze is blowing from the sea. It is the calm after the thunderstorm, in which the scents of a tropical but distinctive garden combine to form a pleasant composition.

This composition is definitely pleasant. But it lacks that certain something that makes a scent "wow" instead of "yes, nice". Since it has nothing biting, stabbing, penetrating, one can certainly wear it at any occasion. But the other Jardins have more esprit, which one must consider with the evaluation.