Un Jardin à Cythère Hermès for women and men

Lovely! A sunny, somewhat creamy, gourmand-citrus. It's light, I imagine just perfect for mid-to-late spring days. Unusual, but still very likable. I'm glad to find out this is also definitely unisex. A really strong creation.

I understand the pistachio is somewhat dividing though. You have to like the idea of pistachio, even though it becomes notably less apparent in the drydown compared to the opening, it stays present throughout. In my opinion, the pistachio is perfectly balanced with the citrus-notes.

It's a shame the performance is very modest, although I imagine there is a reason. You will never overwhelm anyone with this. It's very polite.

lemon n' olive oil

I absolutely love this perfume, it is one of my favorites! The opening is sweet, reminding me of lemon syrup. But after a few minutes, it becomes woody, sensual, not sweet, but not green, full of personality, and totally unique. I've never smelt anything like this. I think it leans feminine, but maybe just because I really enjoy it on myself, a woman.

It gives me the feeling of sexy, yet strong, free-spirited, yet ambitious. It makes me want to wear y2k handbags and tiny heeled slides. It teleports me on a terrace on the coast of Spain, sipping a coffee, or maybe a sangria, chit-chatting with locals I've just met.

I straight love this. Impressed and caught by opening, blown tf away by the 2 hour dry down! To my nose a decidedly masculine smell. A hazy summery dream, unique and mysterious, strong yet fresh. Dry, woody, not sweet. Green undertone. 5/5.

I don’t think this smells like ”nuts” or even too much olive. This is not edible or fruity at all, it is ”planty”. What vegetation releases in the summer air is what this captures. Woody drydown. A Guerlain level of perfumery but more naturalistic approach by Nagel as always.

Very Dune in style but Dune is deserty, asexual, nostalgic, depressive, much fruitier and wetter, delicate heart. This is more punchy, drier and I’d say bolder smelling.

Leading me to a Acqua di Gio (only 1996 version of course) reference; both these fragrances aimfully evokes that enticing hot mediterranean midsummer afternoon feeling. Dry, green and herby.

I appreciate the uniqueness and originality of this fragrance, but to me personally, this combination of pistachio, olive tree and citruses reminds me of a seasoning I often use in summer in my salads, pasta and fish dishes (olive oil, lemon juice and grounded pistachios). As delicious as it is, I don' t want to smell like a salad..... Of course, not everybody will make this association, and I see that this perfume can be very nice and refreshing in summer and definitely quite unique.

I don't get the hate for this one. Sure, Nagel isn't Ellena, and her creations go in a very different direction to his, and I struggle with many of her perfumes elsewhere, but this is a lovely perfume.
It opens like eating a crumbly lemon shortbread on a sunny day by an olive grove. It really is evocative of the island it's named after.
As it dries down, a sunny vetiver comes through and remains, but unlike, say, the vetiver of the best-forgotten Terre d'Hermès Eau Givrée, this never becomes pickley.
It's a truly joyous summertime gem, it's completely unique, and it doesn't amp up the pistachio and become a gourmand snooze fest to join the current proliferation of sweet pistachio dreck.
It's a love for me, especially on a day like today when the sun is fully out in early May heralding better weather (finally!).

At first it smells like cola and lemonade. When it dries down it becomes super underwhelming and smells like a classic olive oil soap. Big nope from me.

did not fully appreciate this until i wore it on a warmer day. i had worn it before in the early spring and felt pretty meh about it, but then i happened to wear it on a day where it got warm enough to need an afternoon power nap and i got a small taste of the vibe this feels made for: think like a siesta in the shade to escape mid-day sun/heat in an arid climate. i found the nuttiness that rounded out the sharper green and lemon notes to be very pleasant and relaxing. feels like a very true unisex fragrance to me. i'll revisit her in the summer.

This sadly is a total miss for me. I am genuinely happy for the folks who are enjoying this, though. For me this is just pure nuts. I get pretty much nothing else but nuts. Little bit of citruses in the dry down when the pistachio note dissipates, but that's it. If I hadn't seen the pyramid I wouldn't have even clocked that it's a pistachio. The nuts tone is overwhelming and quite uninspiring in the combination with citruses for me. For one note linear scent I need more, I guess. Or I need it to be not about nuts only. Something very old, stuffy, musty and fusty about it. Sorry, Hermes, but I'll pass... LOL!

I absolutely love this as my heat-wave/holiday perfume! I'm almost exclusively a white floral kinda gal, but when it's very sunny and very hot sometimes white florals are just too much, so I turn to this super-refreshing, very Mediterranean perfume. The only mild quibble I have is that I feel it lacks a touch of fig in its notes, so I usually add some Saltworks Figaro to it. This Hermes perfume is most definitely the dominant perfume at first (which I'm glad of), the lemon is a top note, but the wee bit of fig just makes it *chef's kiss* 🤌🏻 and then fig and bergamot become the new base notes because the Saltworks lasts a bit longer.

Very original and makes you smile, warm scent but made for sunny days. Smells strongly of citrus and pistachio + olive tree in the background which gives it a dry edge.

Very pleasant, but not the kind of scent I'm looking for myself at the moment.


Useful details : english is not my mother tongue and my opinions are copied and pasted from my personal notes, written on the fly after several phases of testing (tracking changes for several hours on blotters, then on my skin for a day).

A pretty heartwarming perfume for me, it is fresh without having to resort to an overdose of citrus or clean notes which I'm not fond of. Instead, it relies on this summery dry grass accord and pistachio not to evoke a feeling of lightness. I get a youthful vibe from it, something that doesn't take itself too seriously but really stand its ground. It is pretty long lasting, especially for a Hermès fragrance as they usually lean quite transparent. This one really blooms on skin and I can still smell it after 8 hours. It works very well in the heat.

Coziness in a bottle for me. Makes.me think of a beautiful natural olive and pistachio hand cream, plus a scent of grass scorching in the sun. I grew up in the Mediterranean region and to me this is very comforting. It smells much better on skin than on paper.

I’ve tried to make this work over the following months and it’s just not doing it for me. I absolutely love a few from this line so it’s disheartening having to declutter this one. It’s so intense for me, and it literally smells like I just finished cooking a Cuban dish with olives so it makes me nauseous every time I wear it. I love woody and citrus notes , but something here is just grossing me out . Sometimes I get a creamy olive soap w hints of fresh pistachio and then I just get grossed out.

On paper this is something I would love . Once I tried it, different story . The strong lemon with olive just give off a not so great scent . It's like they got the sharpest parts of every note. It was almost bitter to me . I'm a big fan of these types of citrus , garden , green, herbal fragrances but this just wasn't good.

I tried this several times on my skin in store and loved it...the lemon peel type of citrus (not a typical fresh bright kind of citrus), the woodiness, the dry dry fields...the dry pistachio suddenly appearing....I was fascinated. Felt it was a unique summer scent. But when I bought a full bottle all I got was the sweet tart lemon ..my daughter said it reminded her of the tart lemon candies she used to enjoy. Hmm...

As the days have gone by, and it's been just over a week now, the dry woodiness is making its presence felt much more now, but the pistachio unfortunately is still a distant hope. Will this macerate and mature into what I originally smelled and fell in love with - a dry summer afternoon on a Greek island? FIngers crossed. This is great to layer with a sandalwood or a vanilla+sandalwood combo scent like the simple Reminiscence Vanille Santal.

Also - upon first spraying the projection is truly amazing...filled the room and beyond. But I can't say it lasts long...skin scent eventually...of course it's an EDT so... I also have Un Jardin en Mediterranee and that was terrific from the get go and has more lasting power I find.

This fragrance is so evocative. Completely sundrenched. The opening is sunny, creamy and nutty. It dries down to a warm, dry herbaceous field scent. It's sweet in the way that dried herbs and grasses are sweet. Nothing cloying or sugared about it. I get the fennel that others have mentioned. I'd add chamomile to the mix. There is fresh citrus on top but the creaminess of the pistachio keeps it out of the realm of bug spray, at least on my skin.
Fresh scents often frustrate me with a gorgeous green/citrusy opening, only to dry down to a very generic flowery-perfumy fragrance. This never does that. It's a story all the way through though with a common thread.

The lemon in this is too harsh and gives me a headache. I found a nearly identical smelling scent that has a gentler citrus and became my signature scent, A Kiss of Bliss by Penhaligon's and I use that fragrance everyday instead of this one. A Kiss of Bliss has notes of clover and mate and it's such a beautiful scent.

i’ll be honest, i did not like this at all.
it’s such a bitter scent, and there’s a citrus that is right underneath that bitterness making me feel gross.

oh gosh, I blind bought a small vial because I loved all the listed notes and Nagel usually produces hits for me, but this just smells off on my skin—a cloying bitter herb overtakes the entire scent, and it makes me feel slightly nauseous. Perhaps as the reviewers below me note, it’s a fennel or clove note that’s quite heavy. Sad about this one not working out, but onto the next.

Light, clean, and surprisingly fennel-y. I'm taken aback that isn't one of the listed notes! Must be the combination of a couple of them that give fennel.

I get this, though. A dry seaside patch of late summer drying weeds here in Northern California would smell very much of fennel.

Un Jardin à Cythère felt so right a couple of weeks after Christmas, when all those ginger cinnamon cloves and hot wine craze got you borderline sick, and the pumpkin spice turned into the smell of almost everybody's skin, but there is still a need for a warming soft and embracing fragrance.
My first impression was like "ok for the summer" but in several months it turned to "so good for winter". This one gets your mind to the cozy clean home kitchen or maybe a tiny local viennoiserie. Provence, not Greece (recalling memories in my head :-)
It is citrusy but not sharp, and not sour, it is gourmandy without cloying sweetness, embracing but not sexy. Just a light hint of woody notes, adding some base and firmness the the whole composition. Feels to me as a clean grandma's home vibes, which I find very likable.
Longevity is actually very good (6 h at least), its just the projection is very modest (definitely within your closest circle).

I love Hermes "Un Jardin a Cynthere". For me, it opens with a gorgeous citrus-pistachio that is light and refreshing. It succeeds in transporting me to memories of the Mediterranean, and the Greece countryside, more specifically. I adore a pistachio note, and these well-crafted notes avoid being overly sweet, with the balance of fresh citrus and green accords. A powdery facet also emerges and a wisp of salt joins in. I find it calming, charming, and a gentle gourmand. Some other reviewers find the opening like bug spray. That was not my experience. My body chemistry works with this, and I get an easy 4 hours at good projection, and a lovely closer-to-the skin scent all day. So glad I bought the full bottle.

I love this smell but the lasting power is kinda bad. I want a full bottle but fear it will be gone too soon!

Its very unusual and just gorgeous. Warm, invigorating, like summer in the countryside🥰
Someone compared it to the air in Greece and she is right! Also gives me a bit of the feeling you get from the first rain after a long dry period of summer. I just love it!

It's sweet. It's warm. Beneath a strong citrus. You have to like citrus. But it's a unique, sweet, yummy citrus. My criticism is mainly the price. Considering the longevity of this fragrance, it's not a great value. But it could be nice for a few hours.

Scent Description: Sweet Citrus
Sillage: Intimate
Longevity: Short to Medium - ~3hrs

Nutty citronella with powdery undertones. I thought the notes were interesting and was very excited to try this scent but, it is too much. It gets sweeter and cloying without losing the citrus citronella bug spray core, it is like a gourmand bug spray...no...sorry Hermes! this is not nice at least not on me! a sample is more than enough!

Huge disappointment! Sorry, but no
It is fresh-citrus-green, but extremely boring
Like the notes don't produce anything nice

I think this is my favourite citrus. It's a creamy, slightly salty, sunny citrus. The pistachio in it is quite genius. It's very uplifting, and really makes me think of walking in a citrus garden in the mountains of Cyprus. There is a very gentle hint of salty sea air. Fits very well within the Un Jardin line.

Opens with a freshly cut citrus note and the citruses aren't bitter or sour at all, but juicy and a touch sweet. As it dries down a bit, the citrueses get dry too. Like you cut them up and let them dry in the sun. I do get olive tree, there is a distinct oily woodie smell. Has a savoury feel to it. Doesn't smell costal, more like inner parts of an island. Imagine you're staying in a small mediterranean village. It's late summer afternoon, the air is warm but not scorching hot. You're sitting on a terrace nibbling on some salty roasted pistachios and candied lemon peel, watching as the last rays of sun cast a golden glow upon a sea of olive trees. Vincent van Gogh Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun

Starts off strong and refined, like a typical Hermes' woody musk. Breaks down into a weird synthesis of citrus and olive. I can detect a nutty undertone, reminiscent of pistachio. Cool idea, but the harmonics are off-kilter.

My family is from Kythera and I've visited several times. To me, if you take out the pistaschio then it's actually a really photo realistic scent profile of walking around the island in summer. (It really doesn't need the pistaschio.) I get the scent of the sour wild mountain herbs, the hot wind, the olive trees and in the distance, the sea. The perfumer has captured that really well. Smells like home.

I've actually bought mini vials of it to give to family for Christmas who are unlikely to be able to visit, just so they can smell what it's like, home on the other side of the world.

This is a frustrating one for me. I wanted to like it so badly, as I've been looking for olive tree notes for a while now, but it simply doesn't agree with my skin. I loved the way it smelled on the paper strip, but on me, the woods were practically nonexistent, and the powderiness overwhelmed the pistachio, making it reminiscent of Play-Doh.

I remember loving this from previous sprays and I'm wondering if the cold weather has skewed my perception. I'm going to seek out another sample in the springtime and give this one a second chance.

If you do not mind a citrusy, aromatic with a dash of powderiness then you may like this one. First spray seems generic and boring until the dry down on my skin, patiently waited until the scent is settled and then, I just fell in love....! I blind bought it and I have no regrets :) I can't wait to use this on hot summer days. It's not a projector just FYI.

Edit: It does smell a bit like citronella bug spray but I don't mind it lol The bug spray smell disappears after an hour, for me at least.

The longevity is WILD. Three days on my sweater with only one spray and it's still killing it -I didn't even question if it was Cythere or not. Turns out it CAN be done with mid-range fragrances -take notes, Tom Ford, Guerlain, I'm talking to you.

But don't blind buy it. It's a VERY strange fragrance, but if you find it nice, it'll definitely grow on you.

For the first 10 minutes, this smells like fancy bug spray. It dries down to a soft, powdery almond. Pretty, and surprisingly persistent given the super low sillage, but I don't really understand the point of this fragrance. In terms of projection and complexity, it does nothing a nice scented lotion couldn't.

This is a salty nutty citrus.. quite unique, far, far from a citronella bug spray. Possibly the most realistic rendition of the smell of a bag of roasted pistachios with a dash of citruses. There’s also a hint of soapiness in this concoction.
I’m not sure if I like it or not but it’s not bottle worthy for me at the moment unless it was dirt cheap. As a fragrance it is definitely interesting!
My favorite Jardin is still Mediterranee.

This fragrance is so interesting I had to make an account to comment on it. I've smelled this before in airport duty free shops but never sprayed it on myself. I tested it out earlier in the department store.

Upon first spray to my skin, it was awful! It smelled like a citronella bug spray. My face was scrunched up every time I got a whiff of it. Absolutely zero warmth or nuttiness, just assaulting green astringency.

After about an hour, the citrus seemed to have completely dissipated. It smelled soapy and like saponified olive oil. Like bar of perfumed beauty soap my mother kept from her great aunt from Greece.

Then, hours later, as the smell is starting to wear off, WOW!
It smells so delicious and warm. I still smell absolutely zero pistachio, but it transformed into a creamy and sweet olive wood. Almost vanilla-like but not quite a gourmand. A little powdery as well and quite luxurious.

Will I buy it? I'm not sure. I'm not a fan of the initial citrus bug spray. But I cant stop sniffing myself hours later!

this one is unique yet enjoyable and wearable. starts with almonds and citrus. then comes freshly cut green olive branch, woody and slightly aromatic, almost bitter. beautiful and calming.

The "Jardin" series has mostly been a miss for me this far - the first 2 were pleasant, but rather unexciting. Monsoon was much more interesting, but a challenge to wear. Lagune and Li were a complete miss. Toit is fine. But this bottled sunshine is how I envisioned the line all along - less "in the garden" literalism and more conceptual "whiffs in the air."

Opens with a tart citrus, taking her predecessors obsession with grapefruit and updating it to almost yuzu-like proportions. Beneath lie woods, grasses, green notes (that read more as yellow), and a brilliant touch of pistachio.

While I've been waiting for a nice everyday scent from the Colognes line (Basil came close, but has a geranium/dried-spice heart that doesn't sit well with me), this Jardin could easily have been "Eau de Pistache" (and probably housed in yet another green bottle).

Aside from the misdirection of what should go in what line (who cares, really), this is a lovely, everyday scent that I'm delighted to own.

Nagel has, with a few blunders, completely reimagined the Hermes fragrance customer to both incorporate her style while blending nicely with Ellena's creations. This may not be as clever as Twilly or Galop, but I don't think it's meant to be. She followed the Jardin brief and included fresh ideas that have resulted in something light-hearted, easy to wear, and rather delicious.

A sunny delight.

just tested this one in sephora, very bright pistachio ice cream start and after it goes to citruses, very interesting perfume

this fragrance got such an powerful emotional reaction from me. It suddenly made me a different person with a different life. Suddenly i was feeling nostalgic for my grandparent’s sun-drenched home on the coast of Greece and wishing so badly I could go back.

This alone made me love it. If i’m being honest, however, I don’t personally find it wearable or practical. If i owned the bottle i’d spray it to feel a certain emotion, but I don’t think it would be useful to make me feel sexy or for daywear, nights out, summer etc.

Chris Nagel is one of my favorite perfumers and always surprises me with her work. This fragrance is particularly creative, combining the originality and uniqueness of a niche fragrance with the accessibility and price of a designer one.
The scent is built around four mentioned key notes creating something truly unique. The fragrance has a bitterness, as well as the woodiness and greasiness of the olive oil/tree in the scent profile. The texture of the fragrance is different and its bitter-oily character is truly unique. In my opinion, it's an interesting and captivating fragrance that's definitely worth trying.
8/10

I would describe this smell as dry pistacio cookie with only slightly sweet marzipan. If you dislike gourmands like i do because they are loaded with cloying sugar and vanilla, you will love this. An airy classy gourmand, i would say it's a 70% safe blind buy.

When I go to a countryside restaurant in Italy or Greece I squeeze fresh organic lemons, mix it with aromatic olive oil made in a village, grind some black pepper over it and deep my bread with slightly burnt crust in this mix. This is what I get here, including pretty strong Black Pepper.
So, I am enjoying my bread and out of nowhere... Who is grilling pistachios? What are they even doing here? So strange. Not pistachio desserts, but the smell of someone grilling pistachios.
When lemon juice and bitter lemon skin and pistachios fade away, it becomes a nice male scent, mostly dominated by crushed olives and creamy woods.
This is Eau de Toilette, but it is brigher than some EdParfums and certainly more intense than other EdT of this Hermes collection.

DinaFrance (YouTube perfume reviews)

Neil Armstrong could (or should?) wear this or apply before the "first small step ''
Pure magic ..never smell something like this before but it seems was always there into the homo sapiens DNA memories... sweet memories !
This is a cool summer day ...hundreds or even thousands years ago !
Crazy stuff !!

There is something like overripe melon rinds in the opening. Maybe the pistachio? If you're not someone who would order a large pistachio gelato, this may not be for you.

Beautiful Mediterranean notes! A very different perfume, but unfortunately, low silage and very low longevity. Wish it was stronger.

Clean, fresh, soft, different.

I absolutely love this fragrance, it's so different from any other perfume.

This one was very weird for me - I could smell something like a cake/cookies, but it was also woody and the combination was odd for me. Not a huge fan.

Soapy, citrusy, something herbal, something floral (reminds me of Jasmine), and with something slightly spicy (reminds me of cardamom) lurking behind the curtains. It’s quite bright and fresh.

I can kind of pick up the olives since I know I’m supposed to, but I don’t think I would have come to that conclusion on my own.

Smells like a very expensive soap from a beachside resort. A somewhat unique and mysteriously smelling soap.

Smells just like green olive oil soap bar.Not even the fancy ones.Tragic.

I find this scent to be very unique. The note break-down is exactly spot on. Olive tree is the most prominent note for me, and it's very realistic. This smells like walking through an olive grove on hot summer day. It's woody (but not dry), green and creamy at the same time. I get bark, crushed leaves, sap and something creamy/milky and soft. I can't think of any other cologne that smells like this.

This is an experience I've been wanting for quite some time.

If you as I did loved the smell of Rainwater body wash by Neutrogena and you wanted the elevated, nuanced, more natural fragrance version of that great smell, this is it.

this perfume was love at first sight to me. the moment i tried it, my eyes widened and i just stood there in the store and i couldn’t believe what i was smelling:))
from the first whiff, i felt the roasted nutty smell which made me fall in love. then i felt the gorgeous citrus notes and this beautifully blended combination alone made it such a masterpiece, but the soft, gentle olive oil kind of note added to the richness of the pistachios. very powdery, while also being incredibly fresh and earthy. this perfume makes me feel like i’m being embraced by the sun on a beautiful, not too hot summer afternoon.
this smell is literally everything i love in a perfume captured in a bottle. if only did it last longer on my skin and had a little bit of a stronger sillage, it would’ve been perfect, but i guess i can’t have it all. 9,7/10

I'm quite fond of this and Sur Le Nil. I like when more natural smelling notes come through in designer fragrances.
This smells like late golden summer. Olive wood, pistachio, and leafy. It's borderline gourmand.
Whenever I smell it I smell a lovely golden brown olive oil and pistachio cake with a hit of citrus zest fresh from the oven.
This may be a more controversial Jardin but I really like taking a stroll there.

The first spray is like bergamot essential oil. Natural, organic and kind of plain, severe. The dry down is a nutty salty cake with some lemon zest.
It’s nice but not bottle worthy. More to spray in a spa to smell wholesome.

I got this as a sample and I am torn. I do like this woody, fresh, green scent, but I also nearly forgot I had it. My daughter accidentally sprayed a huge spritz on my gym bag and it has been smelling of UJAC for close to two weeks. On the bag it has great longevity apparently and decent sillage, but on my skin it vanishes after a short time and I don't get any creaminess/ pistachio at all. And I love the smell of pistachio...
Having said that, it is nice for a change, but I won't buy a full size of this.

F*cking gorgeous, that's the best way I can describe it. This scent should NOT be a blind buy, in my personal opinion. Some people I know almost got offended by the pistachio olive mix note which can come across as almost roasted grain husks, old chip, rice smell. I personally love the nutty note, and the perfume wears down into a beautiful herby citrusy smell. Very elegant one at that. Blended beautifully. Unfortunately, the price is insane, the perfume lasts on skin decent amount of time but it has almost no sillage , that made me very mad. Its such a controversial perfume scent wise, i wish at least they could make it last longer and have a strong sillage for its price..

Somehow this reminds me of Mon Guerlain. If it were a lemony nutty cookie instead of a lavender one. And more unisex, wrapped in a light cardigan instead of a blanket. It's just slightly gourmand, not sweet, and more cozy than fresh. Unlike what typically comes to mind when hearing "cookie", it's subtle, and overall comes off as more powdery and a touch soapy (like a high quality french bar of soap, not like a restroom). Interesting yet inoffensive; I like it. Not headache inducing. Despite seeming like more of a summer scent, I suspect it's going to perform well in moderate spring and fall temperatures. I blind bought a travel size from Sephora and I think it's actually a safe purchase. It is on the lighter side but still noticeable on oneself, while lasting several hours. I'm honestly surprised that this is a polarizing scent

Through the Olive Trees by Abbas Kiarostami
The last 13 minutes of the movie

Trying this one today, got a sample from Holt's. Perfect summer fragrance, light, unique. This is an EDT concentration but still performs like most of the Hermes EDC's. Might be full bottle worthy.

Edit: It was, got myself a bottle.

I absolutely love this perfume. It's like nothing else, it smells like summer in italy, it lasts a long time in my skin (about 7 hours or so) which I didn't expect, and it's so mouth watering, I seriously can't stop smelling it.
It has become one of my favorites so far.

Ok this one weirded me out a lot. At first I was like "woaaah yummy and light", but after thirty minutes I was like "yuck" because it reminded me of taverna smell, aka fried oil. The pistachios also changed from the actual fruit to the shells and I hated it. Who wants to smell like taverna or kafeneio?! Then it became nice again, less sweet than on the opening, more delicate and i could not stop smelling it. So frustrating!!

One thing I know for sure is longevity sucks for the price.

And one last thing because I'm a nerd. Pistachios and citruses for Kythira? Really... You could do better hermes!!

I caved and bought a 30ml bottle of this because, although it starts with a whiff of bigarade and worn socks ( or: yesterday's fried potatoes / a bag of chips / fruity Pringles/ a bag of salted pistachios) it becomes endearing after an hour or so. Like home, if Greece were your home (mine is not). But when wearing it, in the 2nd hour or so, it settles into something warm, blond - yes, as it was intended - and which reminds me of the end of summer walking the seacoast and wading through tall grass with leftovers from a night at the restaurant. Something so normal yet so strange it becomes addictive. I understand that the pistachio note may not be appealing to everyone but... It's so interesting, I can't seem to stop going for it for nights out. It works very well with fawn leather or suede or unbleached linen.
It's annoying how attracted I am to it. Another annoying attraction for this summer was Rem, the EDP. F@#king annoying, that one! They're both un-clean scents, vibing nicely to the likes of maîtresse AP (sweaty lingerie) or Jicky (old, unspoiled version, poopy lady) from Guerlain or Womanity of Mugler/L'Oréal ( c#$t & caviar & body spray).

There's something fascinating and intoxicating about it, a sort of je ne sais quoi, a bit of dirt on a white shirt, the X element that separates the normie from maverick. It had that $hit that turns the forgettable into something unforgettable. Like... Why haven't I thought of it before? It's a decent that you seem to remember as you wear it, as if you've known it all your life.
It's not beautiful, it's interesting and that's why I keep it.

It's giving rice and fruit loops. Until olive overwhelms it all. Now I'm hungry.

I leave in Greece outside my home i have olive and pistachio trees a lot of them and i know the real smell very good.
This perfume smells exactly like the outer shell of the pistachio , olive note its not so perfect but i get it
So all in all this is what a Perfect Perfume must do, smell like the real life ingredients.
Everything else is about taste ...I dont like Coconut smell but when i smell it on a perfume and its realistic i would say yeah this is an amazing perfum for people that like coconut.
So buying a pistachio olive perfume and saying i dont like it because it smells like that... Sory but its stupid.

Used up my 15ml rather quickly just wearing it around the house. Honestly won't be purchasing FB as it is just too light wearing. Beautiful comforting scent, super well blended and high quality, but the performance is just not there, and for the price, not justified.

Interesting. It smells very familiar, but I can't place it. Top notes to me read very creamy, pistachio and I very nearly rushed down to write this review saying to put down that Kayali trash and pick this up for something far more wonderful.... THEN in like three minutes the powdery notes of the olive tree began to slip through. In the midnotes the olive really comes out and I like it if I smell really deeply, paying close attention to the scent. But the silage is quite akin to a cleaning product due to the lemon, like an eco-friendly spa adjacent cleaning spray. At the end of the day, it's still cleaning spray no matter how much you want it not to smell bad. It matures within ten minutes into that kind-of-astringent-fake-lemon-bugspray, more powdery olive comes forward and you're left with the dreaded old lady vibe.

If you hate freshies and want a summer scent that's 'mature' it may be better on your skin.

Male review:

I have tested this perfume on Caselle Airport in Torino, Italy. I actually haven't had any idea then, that this is a new Hermes release, hah. You can't go wrong in term of brilliant and eloquent perfumery by choosing this brand, in my opinion. This is so well created. To my nose, this is very light, airy, very pleasant and inoffensive, eloquent, summery formulation. Why this is so well created? Because you receive several nice olfactory facets here.

The start is quite powdery, drying down to a very nice, creamy, velvety, citrus-floral-musk, slightly 'tea like' linear texture. Powdery opening, very smooth blend with citruses and floral compounds. Very nicely chosen musks, I believe. It owns powdery, velvety, creamy and smooth texture, as I said, being a light citrus-floral, linear formulation in the same time. Smells natural and beautiful. I imagine this being built upon white musks like Muscone, Ethylene Brassylete, Ambrettolide, big amounts of Hedione, Heliotropin, alfa-Ionone, some trace amounts of Coumarin, Iso-Vanillin, Linalool, Ethyl-Linalool, some other supporting aroma-chemicals and nicely chosen naturals' palette together with Bergamot EO. The sillage is very beautiful. Can be a summer signature for a lady, easily.

I would not expect a crazy longevity, however this is really nice upper-shelf designer perfumery, created by hands of an expert, I can tell. Ladies and girls, this is beautiful for summer and spring, even autumn warm days. You should test it and see if you like the olfactive profile, don't buy blindly. This is quite creative and not as the majority of commercial Ambroxan-Vanillin artificial monsters. Not for me, of course, but this is a beautiful perfume, to be serious. I wish, I could do such a technical marvel with a rose in the future, but I doubt it is possible with my lack of perfumery knowledge xD.

This gives me a headache. I tried some on in John Lewis and thought it was a pleasant wheat accord fragrance at the time. But my 15 ml sample from Twilly made my sinuses and temples hurt. The lemon in this is far too astringent, like a toilet cleaner, over a bunch of corn/barley/wheat and the combination is really disagreeable to me.

Upon first spray (every time I’ve tested or worn it) it smells like sharp piss and stale towels in a bathroom that’s just been scrubbed with a citrus cleaner. Horrifying! And yet, after 30 seconds it’s changing into something sweeter, smoother, softer, less spiky. A hint of olive oil, a whiff of pistachio without the dirty nutty scent, the citrus without the acid. I’m absolutely sure that there are some florals in here too.

When wearing it it gives me a similar feeling to Shade by Lush and Covet by Sarah Jessica Parker. Both aromatic and citrusy, soft, sweet, woody skin scents that meld with my body and smell very comfortable. Cythère is far more unisex (leaning masculine) and not as sweet, but there is something shared between the three profile-wise.

I don’t need a full bottle as I have two samples, but I like it, even if the initial opening smells terrible to me!

Update:
After reaching the bottom of the perfume bottle , it started to smell like a lemon cologne. No olive and no pistachio at all, and the perfume literally disappears within 30 mins.

Medditeranean sea in a bottle. Creamy pistacchio mixed with lemon literally mouth watering, the softness of the olive oil is more in the background. This is summer in Rome

Well...this is new.

Normally when I smell a Hermes fragrance I am instantly rushing to come on to forums, subreditts, Instagram, comments sections to slavishly-simp for the Designer brand I believe to greater than Tom Ford, Dior and Gucci.

But not this time. I am stumped. The opening of this I like and it would get the right kind of response from me, but the mid and dry down just leave me disappointed. I am not a fan of it. I don't like the scent of Pistachio, I like to eat them, but the smell...nah

For me the transition from the very clean very juicy and mouth-watering citruses that Hermes seem to capture and utilise. Beautiful. But then along comes the pistachio, drowned in olive oil trampling through this garden with its shit covered boots.

I really don't get the use of the pistachio, it has a weird tangy-musty three day unwashed stank that I cannot get over. I wish I could place this beside the other Hermes fragrances that I like.

I can see why others like this and I don't think they're wrong, its a fragrance that I wished I liked. I don't.

4/10.

I can't get over this incredible opening, I ran straight to fragrantica to write about it without even waiting for the drydown! This is the only perfume I've ever tried that actually made my mouth water upon first spray. Like, fully salivating in the middle of a Sephora lol

I'm not sure if I'll buy it yet, but if the rest of this perfume's story holds up to its first paragraph, I may have found a new signature to replace my depleted Narciso. My only fear right now is that the citrus will turn into toilet cleaner in the drydown, but I'm optimistic!

One of the most interesting perfumes of recent years. I don't feel Greece, but I feel the atmosphere of some isolated beaches on the French Riviera, the smell of lemons and olive trees mixes with the scent of the waves. Wonderful, that's it

I didn’t expect to like this much as I do
I can see why this has so many glowing reviews
The notes blend so well and create this comforting, natural, slightly sweet aroma that makes me feel nostalgic.
And at the same times it’s an addictive scent that I keep sniffing.
Great if you don’t want to smell too perfumy and you want everyone else to enjoy the smell of you.

Sprayed only on my wrist at the shopping mall, went out. Shopassistant from another store said i smelled incredible when I was waving my hand towards her face (was explaining something). She was right. Bought it after a thorough testing. So good.
My favorite out of the jardin line. Lasting power very acceptible (5 Ish hours on skin). Still way better then the rest of the jardin line when it comes to performance. Creamy, nutty, Floral citrus tmn. Gourmand leaning citrus. Jum jum.

I'm blasting through this fast. I think they put crack in it.

P.s. I took my bottle to a dinner party (my colllegues know i'm a fraghead, lol). This got some visceral reactions. Two loved it and could clearly smell the nutty notes and put it on their wishlist. My boss said, if you wear this at the office I'll fire you. 🤣 He got sweaty gymsocks. I get what he means though, but it still smells like heaven. No I don't like sweaty socks. 😂 But this sometimes gives me dogpaws in the beginning. Dogowners, you know the scent. 🤭 I still LOVE IT!!! 😍

It is soo good. Would have never expected this to smell so dessert like. Literally mouthwatering.

I got a sample and instantly fell in love and purchased a bottle. it's citrus-y but the pistachio makes it so nutty and creamy and delicious, I can’t get enough of it. it's definitely not my most worn perfume, yet every time I get a whiff of it I have this thought that "this is what heaven must smell like". it smells like summer vacation, childhood memories and happiness to me.

I tried this on paper and it was meh! “Another citrus / herbal freshie” but once you put it on skin the pistachio comes through and it’s like you’ve climbed between the tree branches and grabbed a fistful of the raw fruit. After that calms down a bit your nose starts to notice the other notes: dry lemon peel; tree bark; grasses.

I was so excited to try this, been looking for it for months… but unfortunately it wasn’t what I expected :( I’m a big fan of the Jardin line and like all the notes but something about this one didn’t work for me, from the opening till the end there was something that smelled like clothes that were inside a closet for too long. Maybe something dusty or mouldy? Idk. I’ll try it again when it arrives in my country (I found it on a duty free while travelling) but I hardly think my opinion will change

It is so classy, fresh and clean. And the woody notes are so smooth.

It suddenly hit me: this smells like fresh boiled summer corn on cob, with all the husk and silk (I do that sometimes, I boil it whole, for a more fragrant corn), and sprinkled with some lemon peel. It doesn't smell quite edible, because the evoked woodiness and greenness of the husk and cob prevails. I think somehow it hits those sweet memories of childhood moments, carefree eating corn in late summer, in a sun dried garden.

I am obsessing over this.. Had a small sample and I knew I had to get it right away. Ms. Nagel, I bow to you. Wonderful fragrance!

Really nice. Fresh but sensual. I can smell the olive wood and it pairs nicely with the citruses. This is a citrusy fragrance with a bite. It smells natural and mature in a good way. Really unisex and pleasant.

عطر کیثِره ( کیتِرا نیز)   آخرین کار از سری عطرهای باغ های هرمس که ۲۰۲۳ تولید شد. کیثره نام جزیره ای در یونان هست که آب و هوای مدیترانه ای داره و منطقه گردشگری محسوب میشه. از دوران باستان تا اواسط قرن نوزدهم محل تلاقی بازرگانان، ملوانان و فاتحان بوده است. به این ترتیب، تاریخ طولانی و متنوعی داشته و تحت تأثیر تمدن ها و فرهنگ های بسیاری قرار گرفته است.
عطر کیثره عطری هست که با نوت پسته ش مشهور شده .
در آنالیز اسانس پسته ، کامپوند اصلی دی لمونن هست که بوی مرکباتی داره . بنابرین وقتی از نوت پسته صحبت میشه ، دراکثر مواقع بوی پوست سبزش هست و گاهی هم وجه آجیلی. در این عطر هردو حالت سیتروسی و روغنی پسته رو خواهیم داشت . 
اینجا هم یک عطر خنک و سیتروسی چوبی داریم که به سمت بیس نوت  حس و حال روغنی و خامه ای بخودش میگیره . عطر پیچیده ای نیست ولی بنظر من خیلی حال خوب کن هست. بالاخص برای فصول گرم . درخت زیتون درین عطر وجه چوبی عطر رو ایجاد میکنه ( و فکر میکنم نشانه ای از آب و هوای مدیترانه ای جزیره باشه . نمیدانم چرا پسته نماد این عطر شد . شاید زیتون و درخت زیتون نماد بهتری بود). عطری که شیرینی و گلی نیست و برای کسایی که سیتروسی ها را تلخ دوست دارند خوبه. زوایای تند و تیز این تلخی با حس چرب پسته تلطیف پیدا میکنه و عطر خنک و لطیفی میشه.  یونیسکس ولی باتوجه به شیرین و گلی نبودن احتمالا مردانه پسند باشه . ماندگاری و پخش متوسط.

cythere perfume is the last work of Hermes gardens ( jardin) perfume series which was produced in 2023.  cythere is the name of an island in Greece that has a Mediterranean climate and is considered a tourist area.  From ancient times to the middle of the 19th century, it has been the meeting place of merchants, sailors and conquerors.  In this way, it has had a long and diverse history and has been influenced by many civilizations and cultures.
  cythere perfume is a perfume that is famous for its pistachio note.
  In the analysis of pistachio essential oil, the main compound is D-limonene, which has a citrus smell.  Therefore, when talking about the pistachio note, most of the time it is the smell of the green skin ( peel) of pistachio and sometimes the nutty side.  In this perfume, we will have both citrus and pistachio oil smell.
  Here we have a cool and citrusy woody fragrance that takes on an oily and creamy feeling towards the base note.  It is not a complex fragrance. its so cool  Especially for hot seasons.  The olive tree in this perfume creates the woody side of the perfume( And I think it is a sign of the island's Mediterranean climate.  I don't know why pistachio became the symbol of this perfume.  Wouldn't it be better if it were olive?) A fragrance that is not sweet or floral and is good for those who like bitter citrus.  The sharp angles of this bitterness are softened by the oily feeling of pistachio and it becomes a cool and delicate aroma.  Unisex (And considering that it is not sweet and floral, it is probably more masculine)   . Medium longevity and sillage.

This one, to me, smells better on skin than paper so don’t be so quick to dismiss it. It opens with a blast of citrus, very invigorating! The mid is really where the olive tree note shines with the pistachio note grounding it with a bit of earthiness. It kind of reminds me of the Olive Body Butter by The Body Shop or those olive oil soaps from Marseille but in perfume form. The dry down is really interesting! I get that kind of minty effect that one of the previous reviewer mentioned! It’s a very soothing/comforting scent! Love it! A really unique summer fragrance from Hermes! My new favorite from the Un Jardin line!

Opens with citrus, greens and is quite peppery. Completely unisex.
As the top notes calm down, the scent becomes sweeter and warmer.
It sits quite close to the skin and is very soothing.
All in all a pretty, unisex and comforting scent.

This is lovely and classy. A beautiful summer scent with body to make it last and to feel complete.
It really makes me think of my summers spent on Corsica. The warmth of the nuts, the sweet accord that is in the drydown. It slightly makes me think of Euphoria by CK but then a tad more lighter and classy and French.
I think I am hooked.

I loved the sample of this when I tried it on my skin and I really wanted a bottle. On card it's a bit meh... but on skin it dries down to be sweet and creamy. I'm doing a full wear today and I realised that I like it because it reminds me a little bit of two other perfumes I have - Sarah Jessica Parker Covet, and Lush Shade!

Really love the scent profile. Bright lemon zest/verbena opening, and then comes the olives but i hardly get any pistachio. The drydown goes in a slightly soapy direction and is my least favorite part. Also, it is a very very weak skin scent that is nowehere near worth the price. Only have the 15ml and absolutely will not pay full price for a bottle. I hope the low rating is due to performance because this is a lovely scent!

Cythére opens up quite peppery on me and it develops into a smooth-citrusy-nutty scent. You can detect the pistachio. But, after 30 minutes, It's gone. I don't mind it being linear, because It's very unique and original but my skin just eats it up. And I literally doused myself in my whole 1,5ml sample.
Vibes: smooth, citrusy, nutty
Form: 1,5ml sample

Perfect summer scent! This is not hinting anything, this is telling you that you will get citrus, nutty scent immediately you spray. Quite strong, maybe not as elegant mist as other Jardin perfumes, but really refreshing and stays on very well. This will create memories, not a forgettable scent. Definitely unisex.

Initially hit with a sharp green bomb it quickly develops into a nutty, creamy fresh scent that’s very soapy on my skin. With only subtle hints of pistachio, the olive really shines through creating a unique and very pretty fragrance that is definitely unisex. Longevity and sillage were more impressive than expected however the price is still a little steep. Definitely give this one a try though

The green accord in this is reminiscent of verbena or lime leaves. Otherwise we can smell all the listed notes. It is lovely. I entered the perfume store to buy another perfume. Smelled this and left the store with this one instead. Purchase at first sniff.

This perfume has a lot of heart and it kind of makes me emotional. If you love the Mediterranean area, you will recognize its scents and vibe. Don’t be fooled by the low rating here, this is one of the best releases this year. Niche quality in designer range, something that we almost forgot it was possible in the last years.

This is my favourite perfume in the series, it's a very attractive perfume- the pistachio note is the star of the show.

Cythere is very grassy, reminds me of men's Dune Dior. perfumes are beautiful, they smell like the sun, unheard of! The durability on the skin is surprising! 5 hours! however, at the beginning of arousal, it gives me a headache, although I like the smell very much

I know this will make it sound like a gourmand fragrance but it isn’t remotely related to such gender. However, it reminds me of having a delicious pistachio cannoli with a glass of limoncello near the sea.
It also brings the smell of dried herbs and the seashore without being an aquatic perfume. Yes, this is a totally different fragrance from what you find in the market. It evoques wonderful memories and makes you feel in a never ending vacation along the Greek and Italian coasts.
Tender pistachios, olive trees, golden fields by the sea and lemon trees full of ripe fruits.
Another jardin that is not simply a fragrance but an experience.
Bravo Ms. Nagel!

To me and to everyone whom I know this perfume straightforwardly smells like cupcakes. Sweet, baked, basic cupcakes with some lemon zest. Before buying this perfume know that it’s a gourmand and really sweet smell. You can certainly find a similar smell of cupcakes in a Bath&Body works mist. The pistachio note which is incredibly bright and strong here makes it smell like that. Again, this perfume is incredibly sweet. If you don’t like sweet, amber, pistachio, vanilla etc smells don’t but it.
But swiftness isn’t all. People are right when they say that this perfume is about summer
It also reminds me of midftteranian and this whole image of a citrusy garden with some green plants near by the sea somewhere in Italy or Greece. It also gives me a feel of some green grass. I personally love it and really want to purchase it one day, but it’s not for everyone.
But first of al it is REALLY SWEET AND GOURMAND.

Finally a summer fragrance release that makes fun!

We come out of the traditional releases of fresh perfume and light sight and review for the most part , and here there is a real risk taking and a part taken for this perfume that will not please everyone , and so much the better, I like the polarizing perfumes that we love or hate.

A nice creation "atypical" around an oily fragrance ( olive tree) dry and subtle citrus with the addition of green pisatche and a side cereal reminding the sun heating your skin in summer, Beautiful.

Of the audacity and creativity thank you Mrs.Christine Nagel to get us out of this ambient gloom of the conformist.

Love it or hate it, but feel it, you will not have felt anything like it until now.

Well, well, well, what a pleasant surprise! Instead of another boring summmer citrus, Hermes came through with the most interesting offering I've come across in a while. It's oily and thick but still refreshing and deliciously bright. Reminds me of laying by the beach in Rhodes and soaking up the afternoon sun.

Once again, y'all are childish for these trolly "reminds me of" suggestions...

Anyways.

This is a peculiar one. I appreciate Christine Nagel for doing something truly different with her time at Hermes, Galop and Twilly being really clever, novel fragrances.

Her contributions to the Jardin line however.... hmmm...

I think she's really good at doing dense, complex perfumes with a lot of character and inner darkness, and that kind of clashes with the whole fresh, zesty vibe we've been used to with the Jardins.

Nevertheless, this is a very interesting addition, reminds me a lot of Dune, but made way grimier, grungier, with a ton of salty woody notes and a fleeting moment of citrus that disappears practically on impact.

Puts me in mind of a coworker that smiles at you for 2.7 seconds when entering the office and then scowls the rest of the day, seemingly deep in thought even when they're just standing by the water cooler.

Citrus, woods, aromatic plants and pistachio. This composition gives away everything it promises. I agree with other reviewers in the fact that there is an oily vibe in its middle phase.

It's one of those unisex scents that conveys a carefree elegance but in a way, this time, quite original.

On me it has a moderate-soft sillage and a skin duration of about 7 hours.

Although I liked it and I did not find it an unpleasant aroma at all, that hint of olive oil made that a complete love has not arisen from my side and this perfume will not enter my collection. I recommend trying before buying.

Smell 6.5/10
Duration 7/10
Sillage 6.5/10
Quality/price 6/10
Versatility 7/10
Packaging 8/10
Would I buy again? I did not buy it

Normally if i smelled the perfume in the 1st time i will related to smell with a note of perfume or some aromachemical
but this perfume is the 1st perfume that after i smell it. i saw the the image of the garden that fully with the lightgold's plant in the sunny day.

Lemon that didn't list as a note is very prominent. after that you will smell somthing very very aromatic with a bit oily that make me fill relax everytime i smell it.
Relly love this perfume.

What a stunning perfume! The notes listed are only a fraction of this amazing composition. I smell lemon, pistache and olive oil in the opening, followed by vanilla, hints of rose and pepper. In the drydown sandalwood comes in. It's a lovely complex bouquet of aromas, with more body than the others in the Jardin series. I hope the longevity is better than the other Jardins as well. A fragrance for men and women, but not in an androgynous way. Instant signature scene for my husband (mine is Jardin après la Mousson).

I enjoy the olive tree note in this, very present on me. However, this reminds me of some freshies that were released in early 2000s, so can't say I find it edgy or exciting. The dry down goes a little soapy but it's not bothersome. Overall a decent fresh scent.

I always expect something a little different from Nagel but this is quite mid.

Great one ! Start is nice but development is what I like the most. To my nose I get a lot of spices, nutmeg or licorice/star anis I suspect this is pistachios... somewhat remind me of jungle for men, yes jungle for men ! Very nice move to avoid flowers or sugar... The drydown is a bit musky but not over-sticky. Very good, very unisex.

the opening is fresh and then it's lotion-y creamy and something like iron.

I like it. Unisex. Uplifting summer scent. Safe and mass appealing. Mainly citrus notes, but I can pick up the pistachio and olive tree as well.

Un Jardin en Mediteranee is the one and only, true masterpiece that changed an era. When It was launched in Paris, I felt I found magic. The exact reproduction of sea water in Mediterana! The smell of fig trees and summer! It smells exactly like in Crete. While in Knossos, I could not tell the difference between the perfume and the environment. The other Jardins that followed were good, with personality, Jardin sur le Nil and Jardin apres la Mousson. But that's all, the others are indescribable. So when I saw a new Jardin I thought how much more can they squeeze from this concept. Well, I liked it a lot! I want to buy a bottle after just a spray. The comfort, the warmth, the summer!

Un Jardin à Cythère by Hermès latest jewel fragrance by Christine Nagel. Fragrance that embodies the light and the lashing energy of the hot summer days on the Mediterranean. Fresh and creamy fragrance that evokes a suggestive walk in a sunny and luxuriant citrus grove overlooking the sea that blends into the Mediterranean scrub dotted with sinuous and silvery olive groves. Christine Nagel always masterfully manages to enclose the magic of nature in her wonderful creations.

Oh wow!! This is good!! So oily and citrusy to start but I clearly can smell the pistachio too! This would be great for summer! Lemon.... pistachio, yumm, love it!

Damn. One spray, and i want to buy this. Smells like Lemon and Olive oil

There is a sneaky smell similar to that of worn socks - I bet that's the pistachio. This was for 70 Euro at the airport in Germany. I could smell the citrus, the green notes - but the pistachio? It makes it difficult. It was the cheapest in the bunch. I'm sticking to Jardin de Monsieur Li.

I can see what they were planning to express when making this fragrance...
I got this as a sample and it smells fine but not so much on my skin.
You notice the citrus notes, the olive oil (the notes indicate the presence of olive tree) and the green. I picture a scene on the nature... like a boujee meeting riding horses or a walk in an expensive country house near to French fields. It is that kind of elegant.
However, on my skin the magic disappears: the olive oil/tree and the pistaccio are overwhelming but when it dries down, it leaves a nice citrusy scent.
I like it, just not on me, I'd recommend smelling it at the store before purchasing.

Силно ароматно билково-дървесно начало, после равна база, бадем, подобен на този в Брашнената гора на Артизан. Очаквах нещо различно, леко разочарована съм.

A very unique fragrance, definitely more of an artistic scent than a crowd-pleaser. The most apparent notes are pistachio and olive tree but the citrus is also present. The green accord provides the garden backdrop to the scent. The pistachio is very dry and nutty, not sweet. It fits well with the others in the collection, the Greek inspiration is evident and it has the same very natural feel and clean dry down as the others. The longevity and projection are also similar to the others in the collection.

this is very niche fragrance, and not a clean smell at all. Definitely not a safe buy if you are into mainstream, but a delight for those who chase for "something else". It gives out an indolic oily vibe, it can remind a bit of animals/vomit/olives on this scale everyones nose a bit different radar.

Seems very unique, if you are after that, test this, but uniqueness doesn't save it in my opinion. Dry down is a bit more pleasant, but the first phases are not. Very niche, very different, something people of certain acquired taste might want to wear. Though I can't help but get the association that it smells somehow like you indulged in food with your hands and forgot to wash them.
Un Jardin a Cythere opened up gruesomely. Pistachio flavor at the start is quite loud and harsh, but soon its salty pressure softens, giving path to citruses, it smells oily and sour or tart, turning into a dry sweetish vegetal smell, probably referring to grass in a meadow near a coastal olive plantation.The olive note is quite noticeable, but it feels bland and unconvincing. There is a modern luxury dry down accord of lactonic muskiness.

Smells like good olive oil, not olive tree. The other notes are barely noticeable

I was really excited to try this fragrance when I heard it was announced. It has such an interesting array of notes that sounded so amazing together. I stumbled upon it not long after it's release at a store and I tried it.

It smells like Pho? I can't really shake my association with this fragrance from freshly cooked Pho. I believe its the citrus that reminds me of the lime you squeeze in the the bowl, the woodsy accords somehow smell a bit like a hot beef broth to me, and the pistachio and green accords listed smell like basil, bean sprouts, and other aromatic herbs you put in it. It smells like a sort of gourmand, just not in the way they were going for which is amusing to me.

That being said, I actually do really like it. It isn't what I expected and from what I can see no one so far has made the same connection as I have. As the scent settles down from its opening, you smell more of the sort of soft and creamy woods and a distinct pistachio note (though my nose defaults it to basil). It smells more like it seems like it should as it calms down. That being said my girlfriend said in the drydown she got pond water from it, though I don't really agree.

I likely won't buy it, but I wouldn't say no to a travel size of it. Its a fun fragrance.

Oh my god? This smells like Kalamansi on the opening. Mouth-watering fragrance. Ahh…

So, I tried this again and I still really like it. I'm just trying to decide if I want to buy it. It's rainy Autumn in Australia so I have time to decide. It's just a very unusual fragrance with a lot to consider. In warm weather, it blossoms and takes on floral nuances and in cold weather, it becomes super nutty and "dorito chip-like". Both have their pluses and minuses

I’m trying this for the first time and I have no clue what to think about it. First was a no, then a maybe .. and now? Maybe I’m liking it a bit? Lol super esrthy… it reminds me something and I don’t know what!!!!!!

I knew about this scent before testing it, and was able to kind of blind test it with others in this series, but you can tell this one apart easily from its pistachio opening, like a fresh pistachio ice cream somebody made far more aromatic and herby. As others noted, the initial impression is this lovely green and light woodsy with a clear pistachio note (but hardly anyone guesses without fail), but within a few hours it gone. I drowned myself in a sample and still it didn't hang out really except the woodsy soap afterglow which feels like an entirely different fragrance, and does lean more masculine. So, it is fine if you're doing a lunch date, but don't expect more. If it could hang with more of it's opening, that would be something.

I am a fan of Hermes and of this line, but not of this fragrance.
It opens up fairly nice, with a bright (if somewhat feminine) floral citrus.
It dries down to smell like a mix between generic soap and lotion or face cream.
Pistachio and olive tree? Um, no.

Haven’t tried Un Jardin en Méditerranée, and so far this is the only Jardin I enjoy.

Un Jardin à Cythère opens with green citrus and semi-sweet rice pudding which pleasantly surprised me. In the drydown, there’s salty pistachio and olive trees with a little bit smokiness from hot dry grass. It’s not nutty or creamy or oily on my skin, but it does have some heaviness along with its greenness. The sillage and longevity are moderate, and it is unisex.

I absolutely love this. So unique. Unlike anything I’ve ever smelt. It’s a scent for the heat in summer. Will get this before my vacation in June.

this is so beautiful , this is orange, yellow, green all together , woody, and that sweet crisp of psihstacho is doing all the trick , and in the end u get the olive tree also :)

Аромата е за фенове на Хермес,с типичната хермесова дървесна нота,достатъчно дълготраен !Харесва ми всичко в него,първоначалната свежест за утрото, обеден гурман с шам фъстък и нощният успокояващ сандал!

This scent was not designed to be mass appealing as the masses often opt for pleasant nondescript scents that are safe, easy to understand and likeable to others.

Who is this scent for?

It’s for the person who longs to be transported to a dry, sunny Greek island where grasses blow in the wind giving way to groves of olives, nut trees— the scent of raw, fresh nuts— mingling with citrus—the peels warming in the sun. There’s a lovely dry earthiness and the promise of a wonderful meal— but not something cooked—a meal you have when you reach your hand to the sky and eat from a tree.

Biblical. Beautiful.

If you can’t picture or appreciate this, you will not enjoy this scent.

Very disappointing , quite weak and indistinct , My signature perfume Un Jardin sur la Lagune therefore I was expecting this one to be a new, exiting option .

Lemony powdery soap. Nice but not 100% for me.

I don't think it deserves the low ratings it gets. It's artistic, fits well in the line, unique and gets its point across very very well. At first it just smelled like liquid soap with some herbal undertones, but after a short while, it definitely turned into the smell of an evening in Greece. Hay accords combined with quite a realistic olive tree+oil note (at least to me it came off like olive oil) transport me to an evening stroll through a city on the coast of a Greek island, visiting all the small touristy shops. Love it but probably not fb worthy for me

Nearly had the urge to instantly purchase a full bottle. Smells amazing! Came in here to see who designed this.. Christine Nagel! I have to let it sit on skin for a bit to decide if I want a bottl, but it really smells so good.

Rexona Doritos ★★☆☆☆

I love love loooove the mainstream stuff Nagel has done for Hermes (Twilly, Poivree and especially Galop), but her Jardin's have been a bit difficult to stomach. Un Jardin à Cythère opens with a terrific mouthwatering and photorealistic lemon which, alas, evaporates in mere minutes. What’s left is a haughty green-bitter vetiver juxtaposed to a strange male deodorant-like saltiness and fattiness of the pistachio. Unfortunately, this salty-greasy combo made me a bit ill the longer it stayed on my skin, and it did last a good while. Someone mentioned salty corn chips below and now I can't get rid of the association. At the early stages when the lemon is still there, I could imagine this being like the nasty bully brother of the gentlemanly Chanel Allure Edition Blanche. I give high respect Nagel for trying something different and perhaps she is referencing the dagger eyed 70's chypres in spirit, but I would not enjoy if someone wore this in my vicinity. Really hate to give such a bad review, but if anything, Un Jardin à Cythère is bold indeed.

Honestly fricken amazing. This is probably one of the best Nagel creations. Sur La Lagune was a synthetic mess but this... this is special. It feels conventional, but also highly abstract. Smells like things I *would* smell on others, but have never smelt anything similar at the same time

Realistic lemon opening and oddly enough i detent a very slight anise note which makes me love it even more. I get dry , slightly sweet hay and the pistachio. It is such a unusual and a daring fragrance that i think it pushes out the boundaries of perfumery.- IMO a complete triumph.

I love it and bought it after an hour on my skin. I am surprised this isn't reviewing better. The pistachio to my nose is not roasted. It is green, but the woods keep it from screaming. I really wanted to love this because I grew up with an olive tree and citrus trees......I knew I needed to not let my childhood guide my decision. So happy I loved it and would have bought it had I even sniffed it blindly.

I don't know if the bottle I tried was spoiled, but this was truly horrible. Like peanut butter and dark yellow pee and lots of lemon. The woman at the store said I should wait and it will change for the better but I couldn't stand having this on me for more than 5 minutes. It is off putting.

On my skin it smells like corn chips and citruses...Very disappointing...I don't want to wear this long enough to review it honestly...I just cant cant get the scent of Doritos out my mind.

Edit...it smells a lot better on me as it dries down...

Confession time: I’ve never been especially fond of the Hermès Jardin line beyond an intellectual appreciation for the concept and marketing. The perfumes strike me as pleasant at best, wan and spineless at worst, and nowhere near worth their price tags. Until Christine Nagel came along and made a garden I actually want to spend time in, and money on: Sur la Lagune. Yes, the one all the snobs hate. Go ahead, roll your eyes. I think it’s beautiful. So I was looking forward to Nagel’s next bucolic reverie, and Un Jardin à Cythère doesn’t disappoint.

Nagel has a knack for evoking a (literally) breezy feel in her summer scents, and this one is like a warm wind off the Mediterranean, mixed with grassy vetiver and citrus and a strangely compelling pistachio accord. Somehow both milky and watery, the pistachio adds a gently sweet layer of gossamer gauze to the bright sharpness of the other notes. A refined and well-behaved woody musk rounds out the finish, with a hint of a dry spice I can’t pin down. I also detect a wisp of incense in the final stages. It’s all very carefully dosed and unobtrusive, and delightful to live in.

À Cythère feels like a perfect fit with its inspiration - an unspoiled Greek island where the air is fragrant and the sun seemingly never sets. Unusual and wearable, with perfect lasting power (neither fleeting nor obnoxiously tenacious) and an inviting sillage that puts a smile on my face whenever I smell it. Another beauty. Color me converted, and get me to Greece!

The opening is incredibly unique and good. Wow.

A truly unique scent! The dry down is Greek summer in a bottle. Soft and comforting but out of the box. A very interesting creation, probably not mass appealing, ideal if you do not like generic floral- sweet scents. 9/10.

I would NOT blind buy this. I was unpleasantly surprised at this one. Ive enjoyed the majority of the Hermes Jardin range but this one is a complete fail in my book.
Its not strong and has no longevity. Its sort of an odd unisex mix of nutty slightly herbal/ grassy green scents, yet its not really fresh. I cant imagine anyone enjoying this but as the reviews below indicate, scent is a very individual thing. If i had to say something positive about it Id say it doesnt smell cheap. At a stretch thats the only positive spin i could put on it. If you want a beautiful scent in the Jardin line try un jardin sur le nil - its magnificent and unique and uplifting if you enjoy green fragrances.

This is what Greek summer smells !

Oily, lemony and full of pistachio, truly a Mediterranean spirit in a bottle type of perfume. I am slightly obsessing over it, to be honest. One of the best releases this year, for me.

This one is lovely dear fragranticas!
I'm not a citrus person when it comes to scents, but this one is mixed with the freshest pistachios imaginable.
I think this EdT performs like an EdP.
The best perfumrelease 2023 so far!

This perfume is unique, but somehow I am not getting pistachio at all. I get a fresh blast of citrus at first, and then something savory—like Sichuan peppercorn. Then I get a little bit of nutty, cereal-like warmth that softens it up. Maybe this is the pistachio I was looking for? Perhaps I don't really know what the scent profile of pistachio actually is beyond a true gourmand. What a peculiar and interesting scent.

I really like this and it seems I'm fully getting into the pistachio boom now. On my skin this is such a realistic, fresh lemon with a base of warm pistachio. An interesting scent and I see myself wearing this next summer so much. The dry down is also beautiful nutty woodiness.

I absolutely love this. I had a coupon to spend so I asked the lady at the perfume store for some things to smell, all fine but boring. But then she let me smell this and I was kind of put off at first at the strong pistachio, but I kept coming back to it at is was so unique and new to me so I fell in love quick! The citrus with the warm nutty notes, the wood afterwards is just so delicious. Definitely not for everybody and not a blind buy, but I found myself a new favorite. This is why I love perfume.

Very interesting! There's something in this that's oddly savory. Maybe the olive tree. There's citrus and hot dry grass. I do not get any pistachio. I instead get an unexpected rosemary note. Smells like the kitchen of someone who knows the magic of fresh and dried herbs and a salted olive oil to dip bread in. Of course there's an arrangement of citrus garnishes. This is not at all what I expected.

I can see why this is very divisive because while I find it intriguing I do not want to smell like a kitchen, even a cute cottage kitchen on the coast. I'll test it again to give it a fair chance though. I'm hoping if I try again I'll get a sun warmed pistachio and citrus with a vetiver dry down like I was expecting and hoping for

Edit: testing this time I don't get the savory quality, but I do still get the rosemary. It's more fresh. I think this is more suitable for summer and that it would be basically undetectable in winter. The kitchen vibe I was getting isn't there now and I'm more getting the blonde smell that was described. I don't know what that means but the word seems appropriate. I still feel like I need to test again because performance is very different - as in subtler so is hard to get a good read.

The most interesting of the line since Un Jardin en Méditerranée. The balance between nuttiness and sweetness of pistachio and the citrus that manages to pierce the fragrance from top notes to almost the base notes is wonderful. A unique fragrance which is worthy of Hermes and Christine Nagel. I remember how she managed to have a similar “cold” piercing citrus in a warm fragrance - in that case mandarine - in Histoire d’Eau de Mauboussin, a totally different family of fragrance than Cythère but same “warm and cold” character.

This is really nice. When I smell it from the bottle and when I spray it on my skin, for the first 30 minutes it smells like lemon cheesecake, like a very gourmand scent. After an hour it turns into a more green and lemony scent which is more tree like and could remind you of insect repellent smells but I'm getting this one anyway because I'm travelling to Kythira this summer!

Hermes Un Jardin a Cythere (2023) - pistachio grove - #christinenagel creates a cologne worth our attention. Sharp citruses - bergamot, oranges, lemons and grapefruit are complimented with herbal notes akin to Pine and Rosemary. Metholated and minty notes waft in the air. Pebble and mineral stone is meshed with Green Almonds and Pistachios - creamy, yet sharp at the same time. Woods & white musks create a backbone to the scent with tinges of green throughout. An abstract beauty.

I am a big fan of Le Jardins line. I had high hopes for this one and on a blotter, it smells nice of pistachios. While pistachios are quite popular now to include in the scents (see for example a new release by DS Durga), I don't think this release is particularly successful.
On my skin I get a clear and very strong ozone scent, almost burning your nostrils, the scent of UV lamps on your skin, not a pleasant sun on your skin. The scent is very foody, not in a good gourmand way, but foody as if you have been spending time in the kitchen and the cooked food lingers on your clothes.

I would definitely recommend testing on your skin. Not my cup of tea.

I have heard people compare fragrances to pencil shavings before, and usually I did not see it at all. But this time, the basenotes of this smell exactly, to my nose-brain, like pencil shavings. With hyperactive lemon on top.

Not my cup of tea at all.

I am a big fan of Hermès' Le Jardin line, finding them to be creative, elevated summer perfumes made with high-quality ingredients. I am a big fan of Christine Nagel too. Le Jardin à Cythère, the newest addition to the line, is one of the more challenging Jardins. Inspired by a rugged Greek Island I know little about beyond its name, Cythère is a woody-citrus scent. So far, so mundane. Except, Cythère is unlike any such perfume I've ever tried. I wasn't sure I liked it at all at initial spray, but as it turns out, I'm quite taken with it.

Cythère opens with green notes alongside a nuttiness that initially feels out of place. It smells like crushed nuts, gourmand but savoury - more than just pistachio. There is a soft spiciness to the background. I get some tonka bean. There is a fresh citrus accord that complements it, adding freshness to the background and lasting throughout. As it develops, it becomes woody, and I get the olive tree accord listed - something akin to olive paste alongside green woody notes brings this image to life. The citrus remains. It reminds me of a pistachio macaron as it dries down, sweet, biscuit-like, nutty and still given a lift by the citrus. Sillage and longevity are moderate, and it is unisex.

A creative, nutty take on a summery citrus scent, Cythère is not a crowdpleaser, but is instead an olfactory artwork that is reasonably wearable. To be appreciated. 4/5.

Iconic. Unforgettable. Unique. Heating and cooling at the same time. Spicy pistachio with fresh citrus wrapped in notes of green grass and olive trees.
This is love. Sun and wild nature in a bottle.

I'm testing this one on my skin at the moment and I find it very cute and clean. To my nose this perfume has a lazy summer day vibe. I put it on and went for a walk, it is sunny but not really hot here today. It felt weak during my walk. Now back home, my body temperature has risen a bit and it is performing much better. I like the fact this garden is more about dry straw than green grass. I appreciate its discreet warmth, nutty but not too sweet dry down after a bright sunny citrus start. Different and beautiful makes me long for summer, even more.

Wow, this is citrus with a twist! Very nicely & gently balanced with a soft nutty accord that I would say still plays secondary to the primary citrus, despite the scent pyramid listed here. The pistachio is specifically a fresh nut, if you can imagine not with a skin that flakes off the nut, but when you still have to peel the skin layer off & it kinda curls back, if you get what I mean. It's a green nutty tone rather than a brown nutty note. This one goes to the top of my summer citrus fragrances, almost as good as Torino21!

Lemon pistachio butter cookies! What's not to love?
On my skin it lasted a solid 6 hours.
This is by far my favourite from their garden collection

It's like walking into a garden with lemon trees, and as you keep walking you get pistachio trees and a whiff of fresh, nutty yet dry summer air.

First 10 minutes you get a nice lemon hard candy smell.. sweet and zingy.
Then it develops into a beautiful smokey nutty pistachio/greens combination.
The drydown is incredible.. smokey, a bit soapy and fresh.

Very unique and different from the other scents in this collection..and the current gourmand pistachios.
Does not have that aquatic note/freshness which is known in this line.

Definitely worth trying, but not a safe blind buy. I rarely come across something as incredible and sophisticated as this perfume. Beautiful

beautiful perfume that smells like lemon pie, maybe lemon cheesecake? something with lemon glaze on top, syrupy lemon and i could even smell the dough crust... now it's delicious on paper however my skin amplifies some gourmand scents to an unbearable level, on me it smelled like overly sweet pie crust, as in only the crust, maybe the slightest hint of citrus but it really didn't help... i smelled like sourdough or something... i envy the person who is lucky enough to wear this scent, it's what i would have wished Xerjoff's Lira was except the fluffy powdered sugar topping of Lira's takes the cake for me, ha!

I am obsessed with the opening of this perfume. To me it doesn’t smell like pistachio, it smells like rice with citrus notes. Never mind Kithira- this is Bali bottled. I know Bali is always associated with frangipani but this perfume really reminds me of Bali, the lovely steamed face napkins they give you when you arrive at the hotel. Unfortunately the wonderful illusion does not last and it becomes a pretty ho-hum citrus perfume very quickly 😐. So it’s a no go for me.

The opening is such a realistic citrus, you'd think you were cutting a fresh lemon. Lovely! Then it mellows down and, to me, smells a lot like a subtle olive oil soap. It's pleasant and inoffensive to me, but not how I want to smell.

I can’t scrub this off my wrist fast enough.

The first 5 minutes are charming, fizzy, warm and exciting. I wanted to bury my nose into my skin, It was deep but bright. I had high hopes.

The hopes faded as fast as they’d arrived, dwindling into a cloud of what smelt like a sweaty man who’s showered with the complimentary gym body wash and yet still smells.

It reeks, it’s cloying. It smells like supermarket mens body wash. Hate it. Hermes what the heck have you done.

This is mouthwatering zingy:-) at least as a start, the drydown is hm... well, it's not the best drydown on earth, to be honest:-(
p.s. Actually Hermès, are you sure you let this in production and reaching the market?

Wow a controversial one
To me a creative scent is always a plus in my book even if it wasn’t something I liked
The perfumer from my experience tends to hit or miss mostly misses in my case but this scent in particular is a divine creation by madam Nigel
A gourmand to my nose even if others can’t see it
After your first spray the citrus gives it freshness that you can hardly pinpoint what it is exactly just citrusy notes
After a very short time here comes the pistachio cookies smelling like cookies taken out of an oven
What is actually disappointing is the performance but the pleasure of smelling like pistachio dessert even for a couple of hours is enough for me

I can see how this fragrance may divide the opinions as it has a very intriguing note which is the pistachio one combined with green as soon as the bright first citrus goes away. To my nose it’s a mix of pistachio, sometimes fresh sometimes more pistachio icecream mixed with a high dose of “estragon” which I think it’s tarragon in English. I find it very interesting and this perfume will easily become my staple for this summer. Also the staying power is ok which is a good thing in more green scents. A nice discovery of new type of notes, out of the beaten (boring) paths, will wear it with pleasure.

I am surprised Hermes can produce such a bad scent. It smells like a sweaty manly man trying to mask his body odor with a summer perfume in the summer heat. There is this sweaty unsexy vibe about it. A NO from me... big one.

Found a sample in one of those fashion magazines. To me it's not a youthful fragrance, more mature. It has this green vibe in the background that reminds me of Diptyque Oyedo.
Un Jardin Sur Le Toit is still the nr. 1 for me in this collection.

No, I didn't enjoy this at all. Supposedly evoking the golden grasses of Cythera I just get a tonka-ish beige biscuit with some very off accents. Olive tree? Perhaps. More like mastic or myrtle. And a plasticky-rubbery quality that might be leathery-soapiness so birch tar? It's not pleasant and it lingers in a cloying, polarising way like marzipan.

A beautiful citrus opening, which turns into smth weird, nutty&oily. It might be just my skin chemistry.
Unusual fragrance. I respect Frau Nagel’s work. However, I still haven’t found a perfume she created that I like. :(

A hit of citrus and lime first and the heart come quickly and you believe you have a well baked madeleine slowly cooling. When this sensation goes off, it will smells slightly like the base of H24. Not really pistachio, molecules try to imitate the fruit by a combinaison of almond, wood and musk and vanilla, a hot combinaison.
I also imagine wearing this fragrance during summer on a terrasse de café in southern France contempling the beautiful mediterranean sea. A shy gourmand perfume.

Grecka wyspa Cytera to symboliczna kraina schadzek kochanków, przyjemności, uciech, która widziała narodziny samej Afrodyty. Ambitny temat na motyw zapachowy. Czy rosną na tej wyspie pistacje, oliwki i cytrusy? A i owszem, ale czy te składniki przeniosły mnie w ten świat miłości i rozkoszy? No nie bardzo.
Niech nie zmyli was początkowy akord cytrusowo-oliwny dający iluzję cytrynowego ciasta. Gdy wczujesz się w ten zapach idealnie rozpoznasz co jest czym. Zapach tak sugestywny, że widzę to drzewo oliwne stojące obok mnie, jest dojrzałe, rozgałęzione, bogate w owoce. Pistacje są gdzieniegdzie porozrzucane pod tym drzewem ale nie są w stylu pistacji solonych na wagę z Biedronki. Kiedy zbliża się zmierzch zapachy mieszają się i tworzą przyjemną mydlano-oliwkową aurę.
Bardzo ciekawe, (pierwszy raz spotkałam się z akordem drzewa oliwnego w perfumach), intersujące, nie mogę nic kompletnie zarzucić jeżeli chodzi o jakość. Trwałość kilkugodzinna.
Idźcie i próbujcie śmiało tą wycieczkę na Cyterę.

I’m a big fan of citrusy, fresh, summer fragrances that transport you to a warm holiday upon smelling & this is just that.

This makes me feel like I’m in Italy, sipping a lemoncello spritz eating tarallini!! Perfect for warm days.

It is similar to under the lemon trees by MM, but with way more about it thanks to the pistachio. It’s on my to buy list!

At first spray on skin it's sweet pistachio and citrus, then it turns into a sandalwood musky scent, very similar to stash from SJP. It's nice and unisex but not groundbreaking. I wish the opening would last more

I smelled it and fell in love at the Hermes booth in the department store.
At the time, I sprayed it on (average 20-degree air-conditioning) both the tester strip and my skin.
LOVED it on the tester strip - amazing, creamy, nutty, sunny, bright. Very unique and beautiful.
On my skin that day, the pistachio didn't come out, only this dusty, unfortunate citrus.
Determined to like it again, I tried it again a few weeks later.

I tried it again both on the tester strip and my skin; it was much warmer that day, and interestingly I managed to get the creaminess and nuttiness of the pistachio on both my skin and the tester strip.
Love. I walked around in the store for about 30 mins later and bought it.
Later, at home, I'll say the perfume lasted around 4-5 hours on my skin with a very soft projection. Unfortunate, but pretty usual for the Un Jardin range, and I love the range regardless.
On my skin, it wears like a luxurious, slightly citrusy, buttery olive oil-based soap. Does it smell like an olive tree? I can't say - I've never smelled one.
But a beautiful and unique scent? Absolutely.
My FAVOURITE from the Un Jardin range by far.

I would recommend against blind buying though.

And yet another sharp bitter metallic release from Christine Nagel after the already famous H24 line and Terre d'Hermes Eau Givree.

Managed to try this finally - bad association cause I am sick.
Initial spray is strong citrus - lemon. BUT AFTER JUST A FEW MINUTES it turns into a smoky, earthy pistachio scent. The pistachio doesn't feel nutty - it is like the outer layer you peel from pistachio mixed with soil. Very weird scent, very unique, but I kind of like it?

I'd like to like it, but I don't. The opening is something nutty, the drydown is better, but sweet in a strange and artificial way. The citruses also are plasticky. Good storytelling, but not worth

The citrus at the opening is very aggressive but then vanishes almost completely to leave an old fashioned pistachio note. This is my least favorite in the Un Jardin collection.

What a beautiful creation, fresh but tender at the same time. I live in Greece and this is really the perfect perfume for spring and summer here 💙 so happy !

This smells like a hair shampoo. Annoying, nauseating, obtrusive and suffocating all at once.
A scrubber for me, sorry Ms. Nagel.

I like a lot.
A citrus and vanillicbabies-bisquit Creamy scent with white wood, metal, licorice tones. That on my skin.

On the mouillette i can smell also a green like fresh cutted flower stalks. Must be the olive.

Pistacchio essence here must be the ice-cream pistachio or the sweet sauce version and not the fresh salty one.

Very nice creation.

The magic of the garden line is that each fragrance takes you on vacation. This time I'm at a hot sunny beach with bright blue water on a Greek island, sipping fresh mojito. The guy next to me is eating vanilla ice cream in a crispy waffle cone, and the olive tree casts shadows on us. Such a chill and happy dream!

It is interesting....citrus heavy in the beginning, the pistachio is barely there.

This is one of the best renditions of the notion of ‘heat’ in perfumery. The combination of warm pistachio in the opening, which then beautifully transitions in a heady cloud of citrus and dry wood, with the nutty nuances still lingering on in the background is about as evocative of Greek summers as possible. A perfect fragrance to wear in the sweltering heat, sipping an ice cold frappé in the shade.

Although it has a wonderful opening, very citrusy, like fresh cut lemons but with a hint of baby powder, like a piece of fresh lemon cake, it became nauseating during the drydown. That was very disapointing because I loved the fresh opening.
It is for sure a sunny perfume, for sure un jardin.

Very strong nutty pistachio, with a woody base. I don't know what olive wood is supposed to smell like, but this is plausible to me. Very very dry and aromatic. I don't get much citrus, but maybe a hint of sharp lemon or lime? To be honest, to me it is like 90% pistachio. It's a very well-done rendition of that note, but I don't want to smell like that.

To be honest, I liked this perfume, but I don't think it belongs to the Jardin range. No sun, no shine. It’s just a light gourmand.

100% blind buy safe
The best of the jardin series probably and one of the best Hermes ever
So lovely - I cannot stop smelling my arm
Creative and unique like nothing I’ve ever smelled
I’m stocking up before they reformulate it

Ooof. Don't blind buy this. On my skin this goes in the same bug spray chemical direction like Sur De Nil. The pistachio and citruses are really nice but once the drydown hits it's kinda nauseating

Just tried this today!!! Surprised me a lot!!! The citruses fade out very quickly~ I’m not sure is it Pistachio… but I do smell a nutty notes a bit creamy as well? I think it comes from the olive tree? To me this is a olive + nutty perfume! Never smelt something like this beofre

As soon as I spray it, I can clearly smell distinct citrus and pistachio notes, on a slightly alcoholic base. The pistachio becomes stronger as it dries, with the smell of the fruit and the shell, slightly salty. That nuttiness remains through the middle notes, which are fresh and green, and it helps making the composition less harsh than it would be otherwise. With time, the salted pistachio note morphs into a pistachio marzipan. The olive wood keeps it from becoming gourmand and makes it more aromatic. Each note listed is clear, clean and recognizable, which is fun.
I like it quite a lot in its weirdness. This would be a perfect scent for a vacation in the South of France. It is also 100% unisex.