Eau de Citron Noir

Eau de Citron Noir is the eau de cologne Christine Nagel composed for Hermès in 2018, in the house’s Colognes collection. She makes black lemon, a dried lime from Middle Eastern cuisine, the center of a smoky citrus: lemon at the top, black tea and Buddha’s hand citron at the heart, cabreuva wood in the base.

Brand: Hermès
Launch year: 2018
Perfumer: Christine Nagel
Gender: Unisex
Olfactory family: Citrus
Secondary family: Woody
Concentration: Eau de Cologne
EAN: 3346132004934 (50 ml) · 3346132004903 (100 ml) · 3346132004910 (200 ml)

Published September 16, 2026 · Updated October 29, 2026

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Hermès launched Eau de Citron Noir in 2018, first at Nocibé in France and El Corte Inglés in Spain, before a wider release in the spring. The eau de cologne joins the house’s unisex Colognes collection, after Eau de Rhubarbe Écarlate and Eau de Néroli Doré, released in 2016.

Black lemon

The black lemon that gives it its name is, as Now Smell This points out, a kind of dried lime used in Middle Eastern cuisine. Christine Nagel, the house perfumer, makes it the pivot of a cologne that is both lively and smoky.

Sizes

The eau de cologne is sold in 100 and 200 ml, with a 50 ml limited-edition size at launch, along with body and hair products.

Olfactory pyramid

Top notesThe first minutes
- Lemon
Heart notesThe heart of the perfume
- Black tea
- Citron
Base notesWhat lingers
- Wood

Composition

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What critics say

The Candy Perfume Boy saw Eau de Citron Noir in 2018 as a fresh, crowd-pleasing cologne that does not seek originality but satisfies with its freshness, so much so that he often reaches for it.

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