Voyage d'Hermes: A Unisex Fragrance that Takes You to Another Place
Hermès may best be known for its leathergoods and fashion, but it is also a powerhouse in the fragrance world. Its newest scent, Voyage d'Hermès, is a nominee for a Luxist Awards Readers' Choice Award for Best Fragrance.
Voyage d'Hermès was created by its exclusive perfumer, Jean-Claude Ellena, who joined Hermès in 2004. Ellena's hope was to develop a perfume that would take people to another place---a scent that would represent the most beautiful of all journeys. His desire was that people would smell the perfume and not say "It reminds me..." but "It's calling to me."
Ellena created a fragrance that is both familiar and surprising as well as masculine and feminine. Voyage d'Hermès is a unisex fragrance that is woody, fresh and musky.
While the scent is unique and intoxicating, the vessel it is packaged in is perhaps the most innovative one to be found. Phillipe Mouquet, a designer for Hermès, was inspired to create the retractable glass bottle while out for a walk during a bright starry night. Mouquet's flashlight lit something on the ground that someone had lost: an extra flat pocket-sized magnifying glass that retracted into a case. Like the magnifying glass, the bottle for Voyage d'Hermès opens out at the touch of a finger, like pushing a door. It was designed to turn on itself without going around. Its material and color is aluminium while its contours are those of a stirrup---a salute to Hermès' roots as a harness and saddle-making workshop. Its axis resembles a saddle tack. Not meant to be thrown away, the bottle can be refilled.
Voyage d'Hermès Eau de toilette refillable natural spray comes in two different sizes: 35 ml ($90) and 100 ml ($125). There's also a 125 ml refill squeeze bottle ($100).
Vote for the fragrance that you believe is the best of breed. The voting period runs through May 31st and winners will be announced on June 1.
Voyage d'Hermès Eau de toilette refillable natural spray comes in two different sizes: 35 ml ($90) and 100 ml ($125). There's also a 125 ml refill squeeze bottle ($100).
Vote for the fragrance that you believe is the best of breed. The voting period runs through May 31st and winners will be announced on June 1.
