Etat Libre d'orange Hermann à mes Côtes me Paraissait une Ombre

Type: Fresh, Floral

• Top notes: Black pepper, Galbanum, Blackcurrant
• Middle notes: Rose, Frankincense, Geosmin
• Base Notes: Ambroxan, Vetiver, Patchouli

Etat Libre d'orange - Hermann à mes Côtes me Paraissait une Ombre

Named after a line from a Victor Hugo poem, Hermann is a cool, transparent, slightly gothic fresh-floral scent. It is built around a rose, galbanum and an unusual geosmin (wet earth) note. The incense and rose add a churchy, mysterious edge before vetiver, patchouli and ambroxan close things out on a clean wood base. A distinctive, conversation-starting fragrance for anyone who wants something genuinely different from Etat Libre d'Orange's playful catalogue.

The Fragrance Folio's take on Etat Libre d'orange - Hermann à mes Côtes me Paraissait une Ombre

This perfume reminds me of my grandmothers garden in spring. We used to go to her house almost weekly. In that garden there was a giant rose bush growing against the house. Since we went so often we went there when it rained as well. This fragrance reminds me of the wet rose bushes in my grandmothers garden. The earth was damp, the woods soaked and the scent of roses surrounding me as I sat near the opened window.