Hermès Hermessence Osmanthe Yunnan

Hermessence Osmanthe Yunnan by Hermès is a Floral Fruity fragrance for women and men. Hermessence Osmanthe Yunnan was launched in 2005. The nose behind this fragrance is Jean-Claude Ellena. Top notes are Tea and Orange; middle notes are Osmanthus and Freesia; base notes are Apricot and Leather. Created in 2004 by Jean-Claude Ellena, Hermessence is a collection of unique fragrances conceived as olfactory poems using perfuming’s most exclusive elements. As sober and intense as Japanese haiku, they reinvent a nature that is as precious as it is unusual, as if rendered by the inspired writing of a composer in search of the new. Enriched each time the perfumer discovers a new country, a language, a culture or simply extraordinary new ingredients, as of today the line consists of eight fragrances, exclusively available in Hermès stores. Read about this perfume in other languages: Deutsch, Español, Français, Čeština, Italiano, Русский, Polski, Português, Ελληνικά, 汉语, 日本語, Nederlands, Srpski, Română, العربية, Українська, Монгол, עברית. Rate only the most important ingredients you sense in this fragrance. Become a member of this online perfume community and you will be able to add your own reviews. Not a fan of the scent myself, but a huge compliment getter for some reason. To me, it just smells like straight up peppercorn and bitter leather. Even after waiting for the dry-down, it doesn't smell much more than harsh spice. However, when I sprayed this with other people a few feet away, I've literally had people come up to me and say how it smells really good. They describe it as pretty florals and tea. So perhaps, this is a fragrance that smells amazing when you are not the one wearing it. Osmanthe Yunnan is a shape-shifting beauty, just like osmanthus and much like Yunnan as well. This perfume has been a treasure of my collection for nearly a decade and a half, and it's only recently that I finally have some thoughts written about it that I am happy with. Perhaps because it and I are finally at a stage in our relationship where its shape-shifting no longer catches me off guard, I know what it's capable of, and I look forward to seeing what side of its personality I will get this time - as opposed to scratching my head and wondering "where the heck did that come from?" First thing to note is that you cannot experience Osmanthe Yunnan on a blotter. It's never worked on a blotter, it only works on skin. Perhaps that's why the YouTube and online forum fame-sters, glad-handers, and wannabes are impartial to it, vague, or generally just ignore it. It requires time, patience, and attention in ample amounts - something we humans are very unwilling to supply these days. After several attempts on blotters, I've resigned myself to accounting for OY based upon on-skin experience only, and that's fine and as it should be; having a secondary method is an intellectual convenience, but it's not how perfumes are meant to be experienced. Secondly, OY will shape shift...

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