Eau des Merveilles

Although it is a feminine perfume, the press quickly described it as a fragrance that turns its back on flowers. Moreover, it develops around an original ambergris accord. So let us take a closer look at this mysterious scent.

Hermès's concentrate of pleasure

Entering an Hermès boutique is like stepping into a magical world. Indeed, the house deploys its expertise across many fields, and it is a touch of luxury developed across numerous products that one discovers upon opening the doors of the boutique located at 24, Faubourg Saint-Honoré. As the highlight of the show, so to speak, Hermès has crafted a perfume in keeping with the dreamlike quality of its boutique. This is Eau des Merveilles, which alone holds the magic of the oceans, the brilliance of a star, and the power of wood. It is a whirlwind of enchantment designed to fill everyone with pleasure. As its name suggests, Eau des Merveilles is a fragrance that calls to dreams. It makes the woman who wears it particularly sparkling, as if lit up by a starry sky. Yet it remains highly provocative, appearing like a sensual spell woven from both warm and fresh notes. Eau des Merveilles is a concentrate of audacity that has nothing conventional about it. It is conceived as a surprise and clearly aims to give rise to new sensations. It flirts between airy lightness, the sweetness of a kiss, and the cushioned sensuality of a caress.

The animalic scent of Eau des Merveilles

If Eau des Merveilles is a surprising perfume, it is quite simply because it made ambergris its main ingredient. This raw material originally comes from an abdominal concretion of the whale. Of course, it is now reproduced synthetically and serves here as the backbone of this composition. Moreover, Ralf Schwiger and Nathalie Feisthauer, the perfumers behind the creation of Eau des Merveilles, also chose to pair it with other intoxicating ingredients. Thus, Eau des Merveilles smells at once of old cognac and the scent of a paradisiacal shore. It resembles the wood of an old ship or the vegetation of an undergrowth. It transports the wearer to the heart of the Indonesian forest or into a citrus grove. Eau des Merveilles is all of this at once, and this is undoubtedly what makes it almost magical. This perfume opens on a combination of bitter orange and lemon. The spicy character of elemi reinforces its sense of freshness, while Indonesian pepper instantly warms the whole. There, marine currents make their appearance before the whole concludes with a woody accord containing oak, cedar, vetiver, Peru balsam, and benzoin.