L'Ambre des Merveilles Calligraphie
L'Ambre des Merveilles Calligraphie, the oriental journey by Hermès. For the 2016 end-of-year holidays, Hermès has just announced the release of a limited edition of its fragrance L'Ambre des Merveilles. The house decided to enhance its bottle and create a new flanker flirting with magic and enchantment.

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This new juice is called L'Ambre des Merveilles Calligraphie and immerses us directly into an Oriental sky filled with a thousand and one stars. This fragrance offers an intoxicating and bewitching whirlwind, whether through its scent or its visual.
Hermès' love for amber
L'Ambre des Merveilles Calligraphie here reclaims the flavor of its predecessor. As its name suggests, it revolves around the scent of amber, a mysterious resin from the depths of the earth and the ocean. Originally, amber is a kind of stone expelled into the open sea by the sperm whale. On contact with water, its liquid form becomes a solid block. Then, time shapes its odor, charging it with salt, sea spray, marine air… Amber has a unique scent, at once warm and aquatic, discreet and animalic. Its many nuances have made it highly appreciated in perfumery. What is more, its rarity has always been a source of fascination. Nevertheless, as natural ambergris is no longer used today in perfumery, Jean-Claude Ellena set out to recreate its flavor from other ingredients. L'Ambre des Merveilles Calligraphie contains labdanum, a resin derived from cistus and renowned for its vegetal warmth nuanced with more sensual notes. The formula of L'Ambre des Merveilles Calligraphie is also completed by earthy, dry and narcotic patchouli. Then vanilla joins in, making it more suave and exotic. Sweet spices also add more impertinence to the whole, while citrus notes make it more energizing.
The enchanting bottle of L'Ambre des Merveilles Calligraphie
Nevertheless, L'Ambre des Merveilles Calligraphie would be nothing without its new bottle. It reclaims the codes of its predecessor. It notably kept its tumbler shape, resting like a rocking horse. Its heart, meanwhile, is domed like a magnifying glass, offering a new vision of the Orient. This glass bubble is now scattered with a rain of gold-colored stars. But not only that… Calligraphy also comes to decorate this ensemble, giving it an even more oriental and luxurious air. This extraordinary work is signed by Wissam Shawkat. He is a calligrapher originally from Iraq, currently living in Dubai. He has practiced calligraphy for more than 20 years, and his unique style steeped in traditional craftsmanship has earned him numerous accolades. He describes himself as both a traditional and a contemporary practitioner. This is precisely where L'Ambre des Merveilles Calligraphie is positioned, beyond time and space. This bottle is a true enchantment, further adorned with a matte gold moon on its left side echoing its luxuriously gilded spray nozzle.
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