Hermès · 2016
L'Ambre des Merveilles Calligraphie EDP
Longevity
Long-lasting5-8 hours
Projection
ModerateFills your personal space
Polarising
Mixed
gourmand
sweet
intimate
sweet amber syrup with resinous warmth
Scent Notes
Warm & Amber
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About This Perfume
Hermès L'Ambre des Merveilles Calligraphie comes across as sweet amber syrup with resinous warmth. Key notes are amber, vanilla and labdanum. It leans feminine, though anyone can wear it.
This eau de parfum is best in fall and winter and is an evening scent. It suits date nights. Released in 2016.
Wearers report that it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something gourmand and sweet for date nights.
- Sample first if: sweet is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you dislike spicy fragrances.
Around $111.
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The verdict
Best for
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The Brand
Hermès
Hermès is a French luxury house whose fragrance line is built around the Hermessence range, the Colognes Hermès, and the Terre d'Hermès and Bel Ami lines, with Christine Nagel as in-house perfumer. 71 Hermès perfumes are catalogued, spanning about $48 to $435 in price. People discussing this house most often name Hermès Terre d'Hermès, Hermès Un Jardin Sur Le Nil or Hermès Terre D'Hermes Eau Givree.
A closer look at the picks
For Hermès Terre d'Hermès (Eau de Parfum Intense, 2006), expect citrus zest over dry, earthy peppered wood: orange and grapefruit up top, vetiver, cedar and patchouli underneath. Hermès Un Jardin Sur Le Nil (Eau de Toilette, 2005) comes across as cool watery grapefruit and green mango petals, with grapefruit and green mango at the start and musk, iris and incense at the base. Hermès Terre D'Hermes Eau Givree (Eau de Parfum, 2022) reads as fresh juniper citron with green peppery zest, opening on citron.
If you like what you see here, fresh perfumes and woody perfumes are good next stops, and the Scendira brands page has the rest.
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FAQ
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It smells like sweet amber syrup with resinous warmth. Key notes are amber, vanilla and labdanum.
Wearers report that it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in fall and winter. It is an evening scent. It suits date nights.
It leans feminine, though anyone can wear it.
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