| Terre d'Hermès | |
| Endorsed By: | Hermès |
| Type: | Men's fragrance |
| Released: | 2006 |
Terre d'Hermès is a fragrance launched by French luxury brand Hermès in March 2006. It was created by Jean-Claude Ellena, who was the exclusive in-house perfumier of Hermès.[1]
Jean Claude Ellena, who was formerly the master perfumier for Hermès, claims that his inspiration for Terre d'Hermès was French author Jean Giono, whom, Ellena claims "He is a man who loves the richness of nature".[2]
As a result of this, many of the scents found within the fragrance are vegetal and mineral based, including Cedar, Patchouli and Vetiver. Ellena would also state that he decided not to use any Musk notes within the fragrance, as "Musk creates a mask on the skin", stating that his reasoning for not including this mask was to create a fragrance which was unique to each wearer.[2]
Originally released as an Eau de Toilette, Terre d'Hermès was reinterpreted as a Pure Parfum which was released in 2009,[3] this was subsequently followed by a Tres Fraiche version 2014.[4] In 2018, a new variation called Eau Intense Vétiver, created by Christine Nagel was released, and was described as being fresher than the original.[5] The latest flanker was released in 2022 as Terre d'Hermès Eau Givrée Eau de Parfum, with main notes such as citron, timut pepper and juniper berries.[6]
Terre d'Hermès is a fruity-spicy-woody fragrance,[7] meaning it features fruity top notes, in this case Orange and Grapefruit, its middle or heart notes are of pepper and its woody base notes, include cedar, patchouli and vetiver.
| Terre d'Hermès Note Pyramid[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | Orange | Grapefruit | |||
| Middle | Pepper | Pelargonium | Flint | ||
| Base | Patchouli | Cedar | Vetiver | Benzoin | |
| Terre d'Hermès ratings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basenotes | [9] | |||||
| Fragrantica | [10] | |||||
| John Lewis | [11] | |||||
| Nordstrom | [12] | |||||
Terre d'Hermès garnered generally favorable reviews from critics and the general public alike. The eau de toilette has a rating of 4 out of 5 stars on the fragrance website Basenotes based on an average of over 2000 votes,[13] whilst the pure parfum distillation has a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5 across an average of 316 votes.[14] Luca Turin rated it three out of five stars.[15]
Terre d'Hermès won the Men's Fragrance of the Year - Luxe award at the 2007 FiFi Awards, and also won Best Classic (Men's) Fragrance for 2012 from Basenotes.[16] Terre d'Hermès won a variety of awards from GQ magazine, including 'Launch of the decade' and the Readers Favourite fragrance in 2009. It was named Best Classic Fragrance from ShortList magazine.[17]