This month, luxury French brand Hermès introduces a new scent, Jardin sur le Toit (Garden on the Roof). Inspired by the garden rooftop of the Hermès building at 24 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris, Jardin sur le Toit is a unisex scent that forms part of the fourth fragrance edition in the brands’ garden series.
One spritz of this stuff and the feeling of spring fills the air (although, here in SA we’re heading into Autumn). Regardless, if you want to be transported to another place, a place like Paris, sitting on the top 24 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore street and looking down on the magnificent fashion-street of Paris, then Jardin sur le Toit will take you there.
The fragrance is crisp and fresh with a distinct Hermès richness. Perfurmer Jean-Claude Ellena said he found it one day, right under his nose – The Hermes roof top garden. “My footsteps had produced a burst of aromas, lush grass, damp soil, and I loved letting them work their way inside me.”
That’s a great way to describe this fragrance, and after allowing the fragrance to settle, it becomes reminiscent of lush green gardens; a pleasurable scent that instantly lifts your mood and spirit. It’s also, as Ellena points out, “sprinkled with light” to make it distinctly Parisian.
Who better than Philippe Dumas, Émile Hermès’s grandson, to illustrate this “jardin sur le toit” (rooftop garden) that he has known since earliest childhood?
