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Iris Ukiyoé by Hermès

Created: 2010
For: Unisex
type: Floral - Green

A poetic Japanese perfume composed around water iris

Story

Iris Ukiyoé is the ninth fragrance in the Hermessence collection. Each and every fragrance in this line, conceived for connoisseurs of fine essences, was created by Jean-Claude Ellena, Hermès’s in-house perfumer. An admirer of Japanese engravings – particularly those of Hiroshige and Hokusai, masters of Ukiyoé – the perfumer composed the fragrance like a Japanese bouquet. He drew his inspiration from the ‘floating world’ (ukiyoé in Japanese) concept. Iris Ukiyoé reveals ‘a world of petals in undreamed-of tonalities’ that Jean-Claude Ellena besported with, working the flower’s water-gorged petals rather than the iris rhizome note, diverting the scent away from a floral iris. A fragrance for him or her, found exclusively in Hermès boutiques.

Description

Iris Ukiyoé is a fragrance that has been worked in ‘light, impressionistic touches’. The iris-flower accord dreamt up by the perfumer reveals an unusual combination of notes, ranging from cold rose and orange blossom to moist petals and mandarin orange. After a sparkling citrus opening, the fragrance evolves towards a very fresh floral theme with green, aqueous, slightly cosmetic facets. Perfumer: Jean-Claude Ellena.

Range

Spray 3.4 oz.; Leather-sheathed 3.4-spray; Boxed set of 4 to 12 ½-oz. travel sprays

Bottle

A heavy glass bottle with rounded angles, topped by an iris-hued stitched leather cap. The iris shade crops up again in the leather sheath, which is lined, for the first time, in Hermès’s signature orange.