If you don't know this fragrance and love fig trees and wish for summer holidays in Italy, test this one out. Grab your sunglasses, put on your favorite flip-flops, a tripped t-shirt and some shorts, close your eyes and enjoy the Mediterranean breeze that this fragrance creates in the air. The fingered foliage of the figs, which they also often represent in this Mediterranean garden, now mixes with the existing scent chord. The interesting thing about this work of art is that it can have been created at any desired place in the Mediterranean. The scents are so cleverly combined that this garden is not only located in the south of France. La chaux blanche trouvera naturellement sa place, que ce soit pour la peinture des murets ou des mobiliers et de la déco. I rarely venture into the world of mainstream/designer perfumery and I usually get punished for that. This was no exception. Only with a vengeance.

The citrically bright fresh green floats on spicy coniferous wood; summer blossoms exude generously many facets of their fragrant beauty until - punctually to the nightingale blow - a new batch of resinous spice, here bedded on soft musk, greets the velvety night in an atmospheric way. Not loud and exciting, but with a light green veil whose fragrance flatters the splendour of the flowers: together they sway gently in the afternoon breeze.

Miałam duże oczekiwania co do tego zapachu- w końcu zapach śródziemnomorskiej roślinności to coś, co obezwładnia mnie z powodu sentymentów- pierwszych "dorosłych" wakacji we Włoszech z koleżankami, pierwszej wakacyjnej miłości, pierwszej kąpieli w Morzu Śródziemnym. If you like cedars and cypresses and also their slightly resinous scent, you will feel right at home here. Horaires: Janvier, février, mars, novembre, décembre:9h30– 17h30,Avril, mai, juin, septembre:9h30– 18h30,Octobre:9h30– 18h30,Juillet, août:9h30– 19h30

Généralement le jardin méditerranéen n’apprécie ni la taille, ni l’arrosage, ni trop de sophistication.

Le vent est une autre caractéristique du jardin méditerranéen : girouettes, moulins, carillons de jardin…

In its aromatic wake, we find a beginning marked by tangerine, bergamot and lemon, fresh citric and fresh notes, which are gradually fused with orange blossom and white oleander flower; finally, close this cycle of olfactory cypress, fig and musk leaves, among others, newcomers notes of Mediterranean nature. Le bois est possible, mais il faudra du pin, ou du bois d’olivier, pas d'espèces trop exotiques ni trop forestières. Oops! He scared the shit out of me. I almost dropped the bottle after the first sprayer. Where are the citrus fruits, the white-flowering oleander, the view of the blue sea? Instead of in the Mediterranean garden, I'm standing in front of a log cabin. Through the small window, a bearded treasure peeps through, brewing mysterious tinctures against lunar addiction or foot warts in a coniferous forest solitude. It smells strange, incredibly bitter - it must taste bitter, otherwise it doesn't work.Under the power of the sun does not develop the aromatic scents of the flower bundles of white oleanders. What splendour are these in their large tubs that were placed almost arbitrarily in the garden. Together with the oily pistachio (a fine green scent that always seems a little creamy due to the oil content), the fragrance painting of the day is completed. As the afternoon progresses, the spice of cypress and cedar increases again and now the juniper finally plays along in the concert of fragrance aromas!

I find the concept of a series of Perfume Gardens (“Jardins”) fascinating and deeply enticing and, despite my grounded suspicion towards mainstream/designer perfumery, I first sampled Jean-Claude Ellena’s take at them some years ago. The result then was disappointing. Recently I decided to have another go at them. To no avail.

A STORY OF A JOURNEY. This fragrance transports us to the memories of a journey to a paradisiacal world, full of water, light, flowers and the sea breeze running through our skin. SAND AND SEA. Hammamet in Tunisia, is the magical place where the perfumer Jean Claude Ellena moved to Hermès to create this scent of sunny contrasts. The rising sun now reaches the small grove of citrus trees; the scents of invigorating lemon and warm, heart-warming orange and the famous bergamot unfold. Ces plantes et arbres qui survivent dans ces conditions depuis des millénaires n’ont pas besoin de nous pour en prendre soin. So what it smells like? Basically, a fresh, green, Mediterranean breeze in a summer afternoon. It starts off with a tomato steam accord. Very bitter, green but, still, with juicy and fruity elements. There's a cypress note that helps accentuate the green aspect and some nuttiness that camera from nowhere. Some would say pistachio, but i don't smell that.