Hermes Cedre Sambac by Christine Nagel Winner

The opening of Hermes Cedre Sambac made me think it might be homage to Jean Claude Ellena: from the neck of the bottle a green stem-water lily note floats up alongside fresh, incandescent jasmine. But the moment it hits my skin, this Fragonard ingenue turns Titian; creamy, honeyed expanses of white petals, pinches of spice and …

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