Bottle Design:
Fred Rawyler; Box Illustration: Philippe Dumas

Un Jardin sur le Toit Hermès 2011

7.5 / 10 769 Ratings

A popular perfume by Hermès for women and men, released in 2011. The scent is green-fresh. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Green

Fresh

Fruity

Floral

Citrus

Fragrance Notes

Apple

Wild grass Pear

Pear

Applewood

Pear tree wood

Perfumer

Jean-Claude Ellena

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Ratings

Scent

7.5769 Ratings

Longevity

6.8594 Ratings

Sillage

6.1562 Ratings

Bottle

7.9559 Ratings

Value for money

7.0218 Ratings

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Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Parfums-Jardins collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Un Jardin sur le Nil Eau de Toilette

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Reviews

66 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/13/2015

ColinM
516 Reviews

ColinM

Helpful Review 3

Musky freshness

Jardin sur le Toit opens with a really pleasant, albeit quite “generic” accord of greenish-fruity notes well supported by rose, and bright musk on the base (I don’t get much else, sorry). The “ambiance” is delicate and graceful, but not light, actually quite bold and greyish on the contrary – mostly due to rose and musky notes, which provide some “thickness” to the blend. Not as fresh as other Jardin’s fragrances, but since the concept here is (I guess?) a sort of “urban garden on the roof”, then I get the feel of something heavier, dense, more “grey” and somehow cloudy which makes Jardin sur le Toit a bit darker than the rest of the line. Overall though I wouldn’t say this is something remarkable: it smells a bit plastic as regards of quality, and quite uninspired overall. It soon becomes an endless, plain rose-musky galore which honestly gets boring soon. It’s light, but smells a bit suffocating nonetheless. I won’t say it’s totally bad, it’s classy, light and clean, but just without anything making it stand out from the “classy, light, clean scents” crowd. And that – standing out of the crowd - is something Ellena would be easily able to accomplish, hence my disappointment with this... it feels like the skills are there, but the “brief” wasn’t probably the most stimulating around.

6/10

11/12/2015

6Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

K1
121 Reviews

K1

Helpful Review 3

Verdent fruity

If this is a perfume devoted to the garden Éllena established on roof top of Hermès boutique in Faubourg, I guess there must be apricot and peach as well as apple and lots of lawn on there.

The fragrance opens with sharp hinge of freshly cropped apricot, sweet and delicious and juicy. There is a play of soft lactonic accords within green lawn and mouthwatering apple. Floral side (I get rose but don't get magnolia, I get lotus) brings soft romantic aura to joyous fruity green performance. The lawn accord intensifies and the notes spin around it. Casual, summery, love making, happy fragrance for when there's not war in the world!
6/10

08/08/2020

Carboytony
116 Reviews

Carboytony

6

Happily lounging on the roof

On my skin this is starts off as a beautiful crisp green - fresh cut green grass. Hints of juicy, sweet red apple come into focus intermittently. A very soft, slightly spicy tang of basil is just perceptible. Drying down, the florals arrive - soft, sweet rose being predominant, hints of magnolia play in the background. I also get a fluffy musk facet to this as well. In the base there's an interesting aroma of that fresh cut grass drying and decaying, the flowers desiccating. This is not an offensive or rotten aroma, nay, it's sightly sweet, still green-ish and maybe a bit woody. Gorgeous.

10/07/2014

10Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

MasterLi
376 Reviews

MasterLi

4

Like sitting in a lush, verdant spring garden...

Hermès Un Jardin sur le Toit is, like many of Jean-Claude Ellena's compositions, very natural, authentic, and transparent smelling. If this is how the garden on the roof of the Hermès Paris boutique at 24, Rue Fauborg smells like, it's a garden I want to be in all the time!

The fragrance opens up with a wonderful burst of fruits (mostly ripe pear and apple), followed by beautiful notes of rose and magnolia, which gives it a sweetness and a wonderful floral quality, lifting up the entire composition and making it light and airy. It smells fresh, like a garden in spring or early summer. It's also very "green" smelling, and this comes from the grass and herbs in the background. I think what I love most is the very authentic rose note, which Jean-Claude Ellena does so well in many of his fragrances.

I would class this as a solid unisex, and although it could be worn by a man or a woman, I think this will be more comfortable on a lady, as the floral-fruity notes are usually associated with most female-marketed fragrances. Having said that, this is the work of a master perfumer, it smells nothing like cheap shampoo and body spray. It does smell authentic and natural. I would recommend it for the summer and spring months. It is a fragrance that gives me joy to smell and experience, like sitting in your very own garden in France. A truly wonderful experience!

06/19/2012

5.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Gold
726 Reviews

Gold

Helpful Review 2

Sur un joli toit, dans un beau jardin...

"Sur le toit" is slightly similar to "Un Jardin sur le Nil", but softer and more "rounded".
I perceive it as a gorgeous, greenish summer scent with a pale rose and some apple and magnolia interwoven into its structure. Take a walk on the pavement in front of the famous 24, Faubourg in Paris in summer and imagine the joy it would give you to climb the stairs inside of the Hermes House and reach the quiet city garden overlooking Paris... the scent which would greet you upstairs would be calm and well-balanced - just like the one created by Ellena for this edition.
I have worn "Sur le Nil" before, but I feel more comfortable and relaxed with "Sur le toit", because it is softer and a touch "warmer".

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