Eau des Merveilles Bleue

Also, faced with the public's enthusiasm for it, Hermès decided to reinterpret it into a more aquatic version than ever, renamed l'Eau Des Merveilles Bleue.

L'Eau Des Merveilles Bleue, a juice charged with sea spray

L'Eau Des Merveilles Bleue is a perfume whose first impression immediately sets it apart from its predecessor. Indeed, this one reveals an ambergris note, an ingredient cast up by the sea but originally animal in nature since it is a substance derived from the sperm whale. This time, l'Eau Des Merveilles Bleue is dominated to a greater extent by aquatic notes proper. Thus, its former sensuality has given way to more freshness and liveliness. Patchouli, for its part, completes this scent with numerous facets. This famous perfumery ingredient is at once chypre, camphoraceous, mossy, green and earthy. Finally, the whole is further completed by woody nuances giving more depth to the composition. On the aesthetic side, l'Eau Des Merveilles Bleue comes, as before, in a round bottle with a base split in two, allowing it to sit at an angle like a roly-poly toy. Its aesthetic is absolutely magical and no one could say whether this juice belongs more to the world of the sea or to that of the sky. Its bluish color of course evokes the sea. On the other hand, a multitude of stars run across the glass of l'Eau Des Merveilles Bleue, embodying the lightness of the skies for a result fascinating in its poetry.

A freshness from Christine Nagel, official perfumer of Hermès

The 2004 L'Eau Des Merveilles was one of the first creations by perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena at the head of Hermès's olfactory creations. Also, its revisiting was only fitting, considering that Christine Nagel has just taken up the torch from this renowned creator as the house's exclusive nose. She has fully made her predecessor's work her own and added a very personal touch to it. In particular, she brought an immense freshness to l'Eau Des Merveilles Bleue, something that generally matters greatly to her in her perfumes. On the other hand, she says she always wants to bring something new to freshness, without resorting to citrus and the hesperidic notes typical of Cologne. This is how she chose to express the liveliness of l'Eau Des Merveilles Bleue through the presence of sea spray. What is more, this reminds her of her childhood memories, when she used to go to the sea and the water would strike the pebbles. Thus, l'Eau Des Merveilles Bleue conveys this mineral, aquatic and salty blend typical of her childhood.