We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. For a decade, perfumer Christine Nagel had a secret: a fragrance she just couldn’t get out of her mind. As the in-house perfumer ...

Meet Barénia Eau de Parfum, a decadent chypre fragrance that launches Sept. 2 and is inspired by the same exact leather material used for many of Hermès’ handbags. Incredibly rare and lush ...

It’s also the first-ever chypre scent profile in Hermès’ portfolio of fragrances. (The chypre fragrance family is characterised by the contrast of fresh top notes, usually floral or fruity, and woody, ...

I still don’t own a Birkin bag (*continues manifesting*), but Hermès’s newest—and arguably its biggest—fragrance launch makes me smell and feel like I’m one fancy step closer.

For a decade, perfumer Christine Nagel had a secret: a fragrance she just couldn’t get out of her mind. As the in-house perfumer for Hermès, Nagel often has scents on the brain, but there’s ...

This new fragrance has the power to lend sophistication to your ensemble, revealing deeper layers of its character with every spritz. Barénia is tastefully composed of an array of charming ...

In the world of fragrance, a chypre—a combination of crisp, floral, and woody—is not for the faint of heart. Just ask Christine Nagel, the renowned Swiss nose and head perfumer at Hermès ...

That vision always starts, she says, with an emotion. After all, fragrance isn’t just chemistry—it is art and it is storytelling. Anyone could mix up a concoction of essential oils ...

Hermès perfumer Christine Nagel’s first time designing a scent with oud, one of the most luxurious fragrance ingredients on the planet, wasn’t for an official Hermès fragrance. She was ...