Eau des Merveilles 2004 Eau de Toilette

Eau des Merveilles (Eau de Toilette) by Hermès
Bottle Design Serge Mansau
7.8 / 10 564 Ratings
Eau des Merveilles (Eau de Toilette) is a popular perfume by Hermès for women and was released in 2004. The scent is woody-spicy. It is still available to purchase. Pronunciation

Main accords

Woody
Spicy
Citrus
Fresh
Fruity

Fragrance Notes

AmbergrisAmbergris BenzoinBenzoin Bitter orangeBitter orange Elemi resinElemi resin Woody notesWoody notes

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7.8564 Ratings
Longevity
7.2402 Ratings
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6.5394 Ratings
Bottle
8.5406 Ratings
Value for money
7.7105 Ratings
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McConren
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Top Review 45  
Winter is coming
I guess I'm a late bloomer when it comes to perfume. After a few young girlish experiments I had put the subject aside for years. Until that day, when my mother returned a borrowed scarf while walking after a visit. Later I wanted to put it away and hesitated - because it smelled! Every movement of the fabric filled the room with a wonderful magic.

Until then I had often perceived perfumes as annoying, intrusive or headache-prone, but with this fragrance it was different. Something has clicked into my mouth at this moment, with a satisfying, full-sounding KATSCHUNNKK! - this scent was MY! Where's the phone?
"Oh, you like this one? I just got it for free, but it's not my case. You can have it!"

What is it about this fragrance that appeals to me? I don't even want to try to crumble the individual scent elements, others can do that much better here. And especially in this case I don't want to analyse that at all, here I prefer to preserve the overall effect that this fragrance has on me. A scent in which I still find the heat of an almost past summer, but early in the morning there is already a mysterious fog on the fields, it smells a bit like autumn. Winter is coming. Wonderfully unsweet and free from non-binding flowering. Seriously, but not harsh or rude, a melancholic scent. And somehow right. It's for me.

Meanwhile, I wear the scent less often. Not because I like it less than before, on the contrary. If I wear it daily, I take it was less clear, it "disappears" then for my nose, and I still want it to remain something special. Hach. Enough raving. Thanks for reading.
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FrauMieze
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Top Review 21  
A day at the sea
As a big fan of Hermès, I had to test of course also the Merveilles - series.
"Eau des Merveilles | Hermès" has pleased me very well.
This particular fragrance, awakens longing for the sea in me, I do not know why, he has in the fragrance pyramid no aquatic notes.
But I spray it on, I feel this pull in the stomach, this longing for the beach, the view of the sea. I want to go back, sit in the sand and enjoy the tranquility.
There is dry driftwood everywhere, scattered dried seaweed and shell casings. I look out to sea, It is slightly cloudy and not hot. The seagulls fly their rounds over the foaming sea.
Eau des Merveilles - water of wonder. Yes, that fits. It is a miracle.
This fragrance gives me peace and serenity, it grounds me and gives me peace.

Rinse it on, I smell first fresh, delicately citrus impacts, but not like freshly cut citrus fruit but ehr like their abrasion, slightly sweet and not bitter.
Likewise, I immediately perceive a slight woodiness. Dry, like the driftwood on the beach. The pepper is very well perceived, brings a small, peppery kick that is also present for some time.
The woody base is so nicely tuned, tart, slightly herbaceous, woody and needley but neither too woody nor too dry.
The durability is really good, the base is even after 10 h still delicately perceptible the sillage thereby is not very strong, however, at a distance of 1m well smellable.
Eau des Merveilles is something special. Certainly not a fragrance that pleases every woman. No florality, no sweetness. For me, however, just right.
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Village pharmacy
I smell that scent and I'm catapulted back to my childhood... in the small village pharmacy. Frau Klee, the friendly, but for me as a child in Bavaria always somewhat stiff-looking pharmacist, due to her High German expression, stands perfectly permed behind the counter. Behind Mrs. Klee are neatly lined up big brown pharmacy glasses with Latin inscriptions. What essences has she hidden in them? Why does it smell so strange here - so "healthy"? Actually not important, the main thing is that she gives me a portion of delicious dextrose as a farewell gift. Orange and lemon is my favourite :)
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Awesomeness

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Top Review 6  
A minority opinion -- Skip it & sample the flankers
Eau des Merveilles opens quite nice, nicer than I remember in fact. I get a bit of pepper immediately and sweet florals. Pretty for about 15-30 minutes. Then, Eau des Merveilles presents herself as what she is ... a boring, sweet woody.

Inverted? Maybe. I'm picking up citrus about 2 hours out, provided that I close my eyes and think real hard. But at this price point, I was expecting a lot more. A lot.

I know that Eau des Merveilles is loved in the fragrance community, and perhaps its a good entry point into the Hermes range for many. However, I am a dissenter. On me, EdM is a boring, sweet woody that wears like any dreadful little thing in the mass market. There's plenty of fragrances at a third of the price that already have charted this territory.

I generally love Hermes for its uniqueness and it quality, and I own a good handful of full bottles of Hermes scents. I don't believe Eau des Merveilles is among Hermes best work. However, some of the flankers in this are "Must Sample" - the Elixir & L'Ambre, both by JC Ellena, immediately come to mind.

Check out the flankers in this line.
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Sherapop

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Helpful Review 9  
Salty-Sweet Orange, Amber-tinged Cedar
It's easy to see why so many people love Hermès EAU DES MERVEILLES. It's citrus without being acidic. It's complex without being complicated. It's simultaneously gorgeous and subtle. It is also completely appropriate for any and every occasion and is fully unisex.

The orange scent is less insistent that this house's ORANGE VERTE cologne and concentrée versions. It's also a bit sweeter than those. Rather than a bright green orange, this orange is more ripe but without being sugary. At the same time, there is a decidedly salty quality to this composition. It reminds me of the taste of salt on one's lips after having swimmed in the ocean. Or better yet, imagine pulling up a chair at a beachside cafe for a cold glass of orange juice right after a swim. The saltiness adds just a touch of taste to the orange as it crosses your lips. Another possible comparison might be the salty-sweet quality of kettle corn, although there is no corn scent here whatsoever ... and there is unmistakable orange!

The cedar is the most dominant wood scent in this composition, and happily there is no overwhelming blast of aromachemicals here. Sure, there are aromachemicals present, but they are judiciously measured so that the orange and the cedar really do shine through from start to finish. Not only that but they have a sparkly quality, just like the design on the super nice bottle, which is covered with specks of silver, giving off the impression of light.

All in all, a quite likable creation, more so than most of the JARDIN series, to my nose. I have to admit, though, that my favorite of this series is the ELIXIR, which is much richer, living up splendidly to its name. Of course, EAU DES MERVEILLES is also well-named, because this really does feel like an eau. In fact, it's perfect for hot weather for that reason, although it can be worn any other time as well.

Anyone who is scared off by blindingly bright citrus colognes might want to give this a try to see how else orange can be done.
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KuraiKurai 2 years ago
5
Sillage
7
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5
Scent
A soft spicy-woody scent with orange and amber nuances. It balances between fresh and warm. Completely anonymous
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RisingChaosRisingChaos 2 years ago
4
Sillage
4
Longevity
8
Scent
Effervescent lemon-orange opening, like a "clean" Terre d'Hermes but different from Eau Tres Fraiche. Gets woody and mossy in drydown.
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BertolucciKBertolucciK 2 years ago
9
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7
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7
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6.5
Scent
Something smells very artificial in this scent. I get a sweet peppery orange with a dominant woody note. It's soapy, ambery, salty and musky
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Jazzy76Jazzy76 4 years ago
8
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6
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7
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7.5
Scent
zesty with warmer touches , it has an average sillage and it's perfect in the good season. Pretty the spherical bottle like a magic ball.
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GreMuserGreMuser 2 years ago
10
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7
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7
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6
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Nice zesty opening, but suddenly dries down to a strange baby powder smell.
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