Time-permitting, I plan to feature classic perfumes more frequently on Love At First Scent, and the other day, I went back to the early 1950s for a sniff of the very first fragrance from Hermes: Eau D’Hermes, composed by none other than Edmond Roudnitska. Here’s a link to the episode: Hermes Eau D’Hermes review.
Putting aside the fact that during the broadcast, I could not for the life of me recall anything else Roudnitska had made other than Eau Sauvage and Diorissimo (the joys of live streaming!), it was great fun chatting with the audience about this part-spotless, part-filthy sophisticate. Indeed, many questioned whether it’s still accurate to call it filthy: it would seem that the latest version has lost most of its raunch. All the more reason to hang on to my bottle, with its twinkle-eyed embrace of both the saintly and the downright scatological.
Persolaise
[Hermes Eau D’Hermes review based on a sample from my personal collection.]
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