Hermès has released Un Jardin sous la Mer, an eau de toilette created by house perfumer Christine Nagel. The fragrance is available in 30ml, 50ml and 100ml formats, as well as a 200ml refill.
The scent combines mineral notes, tiare flowers and tamanu nuts. Hermès describes it as “an invitation to see and smell the impossible: a garden where corals bloom, a landscape of emotions in hues of hypnotic blue that blurs the boundary between sea and sky.”
Un Jardin sous la Mer: Hermès releases fragrance inspired by coral gardens
Un Jardin sous la Mer takes its reference from the island of Taha’a, off the coast of Tahiti in French Polynesia. The fragrance is rooted in the coral gardens found beneath the lagoon waters surrounding the island and its motu — a term for the islets scattered across the lagoon.
The fragrance is housed in the Jardins collection’s lantern bottle. The glass shifts in colour from a concentrated blue at its base to a paler tone at the top, moving “from the lagoon to the clouds, from sea to sky, from earth to sun,” according to Hermès.
Artist Aino-Maija Metsola created the illustration for the packaging using watercolour techniques. Her work depicts the landscapes of Taha’a, with coral forms in pink, orange, yellow, green and blue.
The eau de toilette Un Jardin sous la Mer is available in 30ml, 50ml and 100ml sizes, and as a 200ml refill.
