White flowers in pure light — Ellena's translucent take on radiant femininity, subtracting where others add.
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Sensory Profile
Composition
Concentration Eau de Parfum
Style Designer
Notable Ingredients
gardenia sweet pea tuberose white musks bitter orange
Olfactory Structure
Family Floral
Evolution Dramatic
Sillage 5/10
Character
Moods
luminous delicate sophisticated fresh
Season
Spring Summer
Occasion
AllThematic Territory
A Parisian morning flooded with light — white flowers opening in a glass-walled atrium, dewy petals catching the first sun through gauze curtains
Era & Context
Modern
Jean-Claude Ellena's final creation for Hermes before retirement — a white floral that subverts the genre's typical heaviness with translucent layering. Proves that white florals can be radiant without being overwhelming, embodying Ellena's philosophy of subtraction.
Spiritual Links
Influences
Absorbed from
Frederic Malle Carnal Flower White floral boldness — tuberose and gardenia as statement rather than background
Dior Miss Dior Floral elegance tradition — the heritage of French feminine florals
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