Bottle drawn in the shade of the fragrance
Hermann à mes côtés me paraissait une ombre
Eau de parfum
A gothic chypre of wet earth, incense and rose, born of a Victor Hugo poem.
- House
- Etat Libre d'Orange
- Family
- Chypre
- Perfumer
- Not disclosed
- Year
- Not disclosed
Hermann à mes côtés me paraissait une ombre takes its title from a Victor Hugo poem, a night ride through a very dark forest. The house sees in it a gothic, romantic seduction, that of a recumbent effigy of flesh and marble.
Black pepper, galbanum and blackcurrant buds open on a green, peppery note. At the heart, incense and rose mingle with geosmin, which smells of wet earth after rain. Vetiver, patchouli and ambroxan compose a dark, mineral base.
Olfactory pyramid
- TopThe first minutes
- HeartThe signature
- BaseThe trail
Notes as published by the house. official source (new tab)
Main accords
Volute’s reading: the intensity of each accord.
Seasons
- Autumn
- Winter
Moments
- Night
Hermann à mes côtés me paraissait une ombre in detail
Etat Libre d'Orange, a provocative, literary Parisian house, tells unexpected stories. Hermann à mes côtés me paraissait une ombre was born from a poem by Victor Hugo: a gothic chypre of wet earth, incense and rose, dark and mysterious.
The official pyramid opens on pepper, galbanum and blackcurrant, a green, sharp, slightly fruity start. The heart pairs incense, geosmin, the molecule that gives the smell of earth after rain, and rose. The base brings together vetiver, patchouli and ambroxan, an earthy, woody foundation.
This chypre is worn in the evening, in autumn and winter: an evening of reading, a concert, a dinner. It will suit anyone who loves dark, poetic fragrances.
Three chypres in our catalogue come close: Portobello Road by Memo Paris shares rose, vetiver and patchouli, in a fresher register; Portrait of a Lady by Frédéric Malle brings together blackcurrant, patchouli and incense around a rose; Diaghilev by Roja Parfums pairs blackcurrant, patchouli and vetiver.
Text written with the help of AI, based on official information from the fragrance houses.