Aqua Allegoria Herba Fresca

Aqua Allegoria Herba Fresca is akin to a morning walk, barefoot in summer, through a garden wet with dew where one breathes in the first scents of grasses, bouquets of mint, fruit trees and wildflowers.

Guerlain's celebrated Aqua Allegoria collection

To better understand where the Herba Fresca fragrance comes from, it is essential to first become familiar with Guerlain's Aqua Allegoria collection. Indeed, this collection brings together a whole multitude of sparkling fragrances, each symbolizing a garden of the world. It is therefore an assortment of fragrances whose purpose is to take one on a journey. To achieve this, Guerlain sourced raw materials from every corner of the globe, from India to California, from Venezuela to Indonesia, from Réunion Island to China. Each Aqua Allegoria thus immerses one in a world of its own, made of gentleness and synonymous with cheerfulness. Aqua Allegoria Herba Fresca, for its part, evokes a very personal scent: that of the garden of Les Mesnuls, the Guerlain family estate. All kinds of aromatic plants can be found there, constantly renewed with the seasons. Herba Fresca captures the beauty of this green place as day breaks. The leaves still seem full of sap. The petals are delicately covered with a light dew. Yet this immaculate, still untouched greenery is at the same time warmed by the first rays of sunlight. The sight is one of great beauty and by itself symbolizes an extreme sense of freedom.

The aromatic poetry of Aqua Allegoria Herba Fresca

The creation of Aqua Allegoria Herba Fresca is owed to the talented Jean-Paul Guerlain. It is ideally worn in summer and will win one over with its thirst-quenching, fresh fragrance. It all begins with a citrus pairing of Italian lemon and clover leaf. It might well be, then, that this fragrance brings good luck. Aqua Allegoria Herba Fresca then develops into a more aromatic scent featuring mint and green tea. White flowers also make an appearance. It is they that bring the radiant aspect to this juice. They also reveal a tenderer, more romantic and infinitely feminine accord here. The whole then concludes with the delicate presence of lily of the valley, cyclamen and pear blossom. Aqua Allegoria Herba Fresca leaves behind an infinite sensation of lightness. Finally, Herba Fresca is further enhanced by a magnificent bottle. Like the rest of the Aqua Allegoria collection, it draws inspiration from Guerlain's famous Bee Bottle, created in 1853. This time, it lets one observe the beauty of its pale yellow juice through the transparency of its glass. The whole is topped with an absolutely fascinating and particularly refined honeycomb-carved dome in gold.