l'eau de parfum #3 green, green, green and... green Miller et Bertaux 2005

This fragrance is basically Un Jardin en Méditerranée by Hermès, with a lot of lemon verbena in the beginning. For about 1,5 hours I get the super fresh and strong lemon verbena. Nice. Then I get the Méditerranée scent, until it's 4,5 hours on my skin. After that it evolves into more of a green musky scent. To me it smells like a Méditerranée-ish musk. In that phase it seems to have less sillage than its Hermès brother. It's also similar to Hedera by L'Erbolario. As a comparison I would summarize those three scents as follows:
- Méditerranée: best performance and also a pinch of pistachio
- Green x 4: might be for you if you love lemon verbena
- Hedera: leans more towards nice synthetic melon, and maybe some ivy
Green x 4 gets a 70% score from me.

This is a beautiful soft green perfume, heavy on the verbena (you can even feel its slightly fuzzy leaves) and the plant sap. It's a day at the height of spring, when crickets are chirping and everything is in bloom. I'm sorry I couldn't think of any more detailed way to describe it, but apparently the parfumeurs couldn't either!(072710)

Many years ago, among my summer favorites, I had Un Jardin En Mediterranée by Hermes. After I finished it, I still did not dare to buy it’s new bottle, although mentally I returned to it from time to time. Recently I came across Miller et Bertaux’s # 3 Green, Green, Green and... Green and surprisingly found that it is like an improved version of the Mediterranean Gardens. It has a very similar characteristic to UJEM’s combination of citrus, cedarwood, fig leaves and juniper - enriched with the aroma of olive plants. Yes, it is really green and very refreshing, and has become one of my favorites this summer.

"… Yes, they'll all come to meet me
Arms reaching, smiling sweetly
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home."

This is a green that doesn't rely on the sappy, stemmy galbanum or sweet, herbaceous spicy basil. This is green like verbena, lemon-like, tart, yet with its own winsome, profuse verdancy. There are facets that to my nose also evoke that of makrut lime leaves, crushed laurel, and the smell of milkweed exudate. One of my favorite resins also appears here, mastic (or lentisque), bright terpenes and a subtle tint of camphor, moderately coniferous, a soothing balsam. Mastic also happens to be an impressive fixative for green and citrus notes. It feels like juicy foliage and sunlight slowly evaporating the dew, distant citrus groves, and memories of being playful and carefree. Grown ups need sensations like this, and the magic of scent to draw out these feelings cannot be denied.

Herbal, creamy, more floral in its dry down, feeling like throwing rocks on a cool stream, GreenX4 makes me want to frolic and tra-la-la away from the drudgery and dream of eternal weekends, enjoying freshly picked fruit in the summertime, feeling sorbet melt in my mouth, and getting lost in a book on a porch swing. Its deep dry down is a somewhat berry-like musk reminiscent of ambrette.

Anyone who has not yet dared to approach green fragrances, as harsh chypres, bitter-herbaceous scents, or masculine Eau de Colognes are not their thing, should try #3 Green, green and green. #3 Green, green and green is neither a creaky chypre nor does it exude a herbaceous fluid; it also does not follow the harsh EDC route, nor does it flatter with floral undertones. #3 Green, green and green evokes thoughts of juicy leaf green, lemon groves, and just a tiny bit of mentholated cough remedies - which is likely due to the lemon verbena that, while not listed, I am certain is included. At times, the lemony note also reminds one of Green Tea by Arden, but it is miles away from its synthetic nature.
#3 Green, green and green is not a demanding fragrance, but a completely harmonious fresh-green EDP, in which the lemonade and the gentle leaf green form a successful connection, complemented by vetiver and cedarwood giving it an individual touch.