Hermetica · 2022
Appear Eau de Parfum
Longevity
Long-lasting5-8 hours
Projection
CloseArm's length
Polarising
Mixed
gourmand
sweet
cozy
intimate
skin-close
sweet caramel apple pastry with gentle spice
Scent Notes
Gourmand
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Snapshot
The full profile.
About This Perfume
Hermetica Appear smells like sweet caramel apple pastry with gentle spice. It opens with green apple and mandarin orange, moves into black pepper, tonka bean and amber and settles on cedarwood, caramel and Madagascan vetiver. It reads unisex.
This eau de parfum is best in spring, summer and fall and is easy to wear day or night. Reach for it for the office and date nights. Released in 2022.
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 the office.
- Sample first if: you have not smelled it before; it is not an easy blind buy.
- Skip if: you dislike fruity fragrances.
Around $90.
Explore more: More from Hermetica · Gourmand perfumes · Green apple perfumes · Black pepper perfumes
Concentration
Eau de Parfum
Occasion
Office · date
Projection
Close
Gender lean
Leans unisex
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Office
- Date
Hermetica is a Paris-based niche house with a distinct technical wedge: alcohol-free molecular fragrance built on the Innoscent™ platform. The 24 live pieces on Scendira skew entirely unisex (23 of 24) and split across Fresh (10), Gourmand (6) and Floral (5), the alcohol-free base gives everything a soft-diffusion character reviewers often describe as "close-to-skin." Price band is $65-$190 (average $122), sitting in the accessible-niche tier. Top pieces: Bloomtea ($110,.17, fresh green tea, pear and soft rose haze), Pomeloflow ($154.69,.98, bright citrus fruit salad with fresh jasmine), Verticaloud ($189.98,.90, spiced oud incense with amber warmth) and Sandalsun ($115,.88, creamy cocoa and hazelnut latte with sandalwood). Hermetica is the honest answer to "what's a niche house I can actually wear to the office", the alcohol-free base and unisex catalogue make it uncommonly wearable across seasons and settings.
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It smells like sweet caramel apple pastry with gentle spice. It opens with green apple and mandarin orange, moves into black pepper, tonka bean and amber and settles on cedarwood, caramel and Madagascan vetiver.
Wearers report that it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring, summer and fall. It is easy to wear day or night. It suits the office and date nights.
It reads unisex.
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