Jour d’Hermes Gardenia

While Jour d'Hermes absolou is a slightly variation of the original one (I say 80% similar, with most of the differences concentrate in the opening. Absolou is heavier on the grapefruit, less sparkly, more heavy floral than the OG, and does not have acquatic note), the gardenia flanker follows a different path, well differentiated than the other two flankers, still mantaining the sparkly and ethereal aura of joy and luminosity that it is common to this line. Firstly, Jour d'Hermes Gardenia has noticably a less citrus accord in the opening than the other two. This fragrance is mostly about a green and fragrant tuberose. It has and greenish and bitter quality, it is not that kind of sweet, indolic and intoxicating tuberose. With this floral greeny vibe it reminds me a bit Diorissimo. Simple and linear as it is, I find it very addictive, can't stop smelling my wrist. In the drydown the JdH's DNA emerges a bit more, with its sparkling clear woodsy floral base. Sillage is intimate, lasting power could have been better, it lasts lesser than the OG (I don't own absolou, Only sampled it, thus I cannot make comparisons), but maybe is due to the new bottle and the hot weather. All in all, Having tried all the line of JdH, I can say that JCE created three little masterpieces.

I am obsessed about Gardenia at the moment. Have pretty much sniffed out all the classics and thought I have finally found my holy grail in Bond 9 or Estee Lauder Private Collection, then this fresh new contender comes along and turns my world upside down yet again! It is truly beautiful, VERY feminine and just so delicately fresh. FRESH and GREEN is the word. This is not the rich, dense and heavy (some might say deafening or cloying) type of gardenia (usually heavy on the tuberose) but this one here is rather a wet and cool morning Gardenia, emphasizing the crisp green notes, perhaps of a bud that is just about to open? In its cold manner it actually reminds me a bit of AMOUAGE "Lyric" that is a similarly cold and green morning rose. Un Jour Gardenia is a true gem of a flanker (sometimes, but very rarely) that in my opinion outperforms the original. Not a reference Gardenia but a fresh, clean, cool (thus ideal for the summer months) type of 'Abstract Gardenia' that is a true marvel in this genre of modern florals. Near masterpiece of Monsieur Ellena. If only there was more development and longevity but it is truly BEAUTIFUL. 9/10. New modern Gardenia Classic. Very unisex, yet feminine enough for a wedding on a hot day. Magnifique!

I didn't want to rush to review this beauty, but I must do it. It starts with a citrus note provoking sharpness, but nothing intense or aggressive. On the contrary, it is an aroma that reminds me of the wet earth, freshly cut grass, and soon it disappears to give way to the white flowers. Then I perceive the gardenia, beautiful, soft, making everything much more mellow. The sweetness enters with the tuberose, as it comes to stay and seize everything. JDHG continues with a bed of super creamy white flowers, almost milky, I do not know how to explain it in any other way. It becomes sweet, but not cloying, just cute. And at its base, the rose appears from time to time, giving it a fresh, romantic, and green touch. Actually, I would not have named this fragrance "Gardenia", but I understand why they did. It's a nice, fresh and creamy representation of it; although tuberose takes the wheel. Very good longevity and fixation. It has a soft sillage in me, but I love that. You have to get closer to discover its beauty.

Ok today I'm gonna be gushing, as usual, about a sunny tropical floral with a french twist. This perfume has one of the most beautiful shimmering top notes ever: it has that tart natural floral of the original Jour d'Hermes with generous swabs of gardenia and suntan-oil tiare all swirling in your face. The drydown can't help but pale a little in comparison, but it's still lovely: a fresh tea-like white floral with a ripe fruitiness to it, like a gardenia mirage. Something I'm starting to notice about my evolving taste in perfumes is that I like perfumes that stray towards the "medicinal": this one for example has a kind of heady, tiger-balm twinge in it that kind of reminds me of (dare I say it?) Poison O_O I snatched it up last year since I feared it would, as flankers do, disappear at a moment's notice. Now summer is back, and I'm enjoying Jour d'Hermes Gardenia once again!

Personally I like this fragrance, one day this summer I had layered jour and jour gardenia together, I was only two hours wearing it to stroll around and shopping, I a high end clothing boutique (in France) the owner asked me what I was wearing as a perfume she was so excited about it and said " please stay I love your smell so much", after that I went for an apero in a brasserie, there the waitress also asked what I was wearing, she loved it also so much. A month later back in my home country I wore jour gardenia alone and I went to visit a young woman, she was also so in love with the scent om me, so much that I gave her my bottle ( she is family related and very stylish )... Now I Feel a bit sorry, so I am gonna buy it again. I don't know but on me it s a very good lasting scent according others....and myself