Eau de Narcisse Bleu: Ode to narcissus by Jean-Claude Ellena With Eau de Gentiane Blanche and Eau de Pamplemousse Rose, Jean-Claude Ellena demonstrated his talents as a perfumer-poet in creating a new collection of Hermès Eaux de Cologne.
Bergamot, fruity and sweet, and lemon, fresh and tangy, occupy the top along with galbanum, anise-like and sharp: the acidity of the two citrus fruits clashes with the anise-like sharpness of the galbanum.
Neroli, floral and close to bergamot, sits in the heart alongside powdery, buttery iris as well as the green note, green and herbaceous: the freshness of the neroli meets that of the green note.
Amber woods, tobacco and dust, accompany the white musks, coppery and animalic, in the base: the dustiness of the amber woods sits alongside the coppery brilliance of the musk.