Hermessence Poivre Samarcande Hermes for women and men

I really can't say what people see in this fragrance, it's just too pepper even if you're a mexican...I hate it!

Mild paprika, pepper, caraway and cedar with an average oakmoss right at the start. Soft spicy and i cant detect patchouli.Too bad it lacks character but Samarcande's consolation is that it is like a toned down Declaration by Cartier & a Cartier d'Un Soir without the rosé.

An airy mild aromatic spice and woods added with green to bring balance, quiet balance pleasant for an office wearing. There isn't much development nor life as it seems linear to my nose. Its an okay light perfume, good for close combat though I doubt this would earn many love and compliments even on intimate moments. Its just fair to wear and easy to fade. I'd rather wear two sprays of Declaration or three of D'Un Soir.

If you have these two, then just explore other cheaper yet unique perfumes around.

Update: 3 hours later, very close to skin with a very light L'Artisan Timbuktu vibe. Still, my rating remains.

5/10

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Agreed Bbjr
The drydown is quite nice...
The cedar really stands out
and the overall affect is much softer
The starting smell reminds me of the inside/
bottom of a really expensive new leather purse
The peppers are dry and dusty and pretty overpowering
I have mixed feelings about this
It smells expensive and mature

This is a great fragrance, even with the heavy pepper. Dry down is really nice, just doesn't last very long.
Ok, try this for longevity and an unbelievable scent. Mix with Tom Ford Noir. Wow!

It's really nice, especially the initial blast of cumin, one of my favourite notes.
Unfortunately, the whole thing lasts too short, has minimum sillage and - as already mentioned here - lacks density and character.
Otherwise, smells distinctly masculine - the notes are very well blended into a composition that to my nose evokes primal elements and rudiments of nature (in a same manner as Terre d'Hermes or Dior Fahrenheit).
Nice, but far from impressive (except for its price).

If you love Terre d'Hermès but are tired of smelling it on everybody, and have the cash, switch to Poivre Samarcande. It's woodier and somewhat more dry, but it has the same mineral musk and powdery iris quality.
I think it's also a good choice for people who like Jean Claude Ellena's other bestsellers Déclaration de Cartier and Bulgari pour Homme.

The only way I could afford this was as a set of travel bottles. This peppery wood fragrance oozes wealth and sophistication - it's almost an executive suite in a bottle! To my mind this is one of JCE's two masterpieces for men - the other being the sublime Terre. I can't help feeling that JCE has an ultimate pure woods fragrance in him that he hasn't unleased on the world yet- something so perfect that woods lovers everyone will break down in tears when they smell it. I know it's coming. Come on JCE - give us wood lovers a new masterpiece!

I only smelled this on paper, but I have to say, this is everything I wish a man's winter fragrance was. And the quality!! amazing.

A woman could pull this off very well in the right mind set, but I think it might work a little better on a man's skin.

Love it. When I first sprayed it on I thought it might be too spicy, but then it sort of calmed down and something warm and sweet took over. Very comforting and beautiful. Weird thing about it, the longer I have it the stronger it seems to be getting instead of weakening as it sinks into the the middle and basenotes. Another masterpiece by JCE.

I had to try this since I love wood and spice. It's very well made; soft, warm, and sensuous, subtle and unique. I think it's refreshing to have a fragrance without a hint of flowers in the composition. This wears very close to the skin on me. I would buy a bottle but it's so pricey that I'll have to stick with samples. Nonetheless it's a wonderful addition to my fragrance collection. I could wear this day or night and feel special yet appropriate for all occaisions. (I'm female but this would be great on a male too, of course)

Later that day...WOW. I'm immoderately enamored of this scent. The addition of the paprika was inspired--a bit of heat is a great touch. The peppercorns here do not add much heat to this scent, just depth and character. LOVE IT, WANT MORE!
(Must feed the fragrance addiction)

I have never seen anyone being indifferent to this perfume... It is one of 'power' business perfumes (Prada Infusion D'Iris is the other one) i have in my collection. It imposes authority and oozes power and superiority, pure elegance, wealth, magnetism, confidence and it is ....well, it is 'liquid' boss in a bottle, if i can say so ha ha....
Strong in making a statement,indeed,- but very weak in longevity and silage. Only first 30 min-under 1 h it is present and u feel it around. But good thing, - easily to be re-sprayed without harming sensitive specimens around...

If it had the monster sillage, - I would have bought it in liters for the years to come....But for the moment just having a standard bottle and a little 15 mil travel size ( for top-up :-) on occasions).

It is presented as a UNISEX perfume.... I would say it would be more of a masculine type of aroma, unless u are a woman in charge...:-))

Superb, really- really top marks for this one!

Stuff smells amazing when u put it on and when it dries down even better but than its gone. I dnt know wat the fuck they were thinkn about charging $220 for this stuff when it doesnt even last so yeah no worth buying.

Great cuir notes well blended with spice, wood and smoke notes. Waw. Thanks Ellena!

An understated fragrance of pepper and a spicy wood. You love it when you first apply it. Then an hour later you wonder if it is there. Trust me it is there. I put it on after the morning shower, went to work. I thought it was gone by 11am. I went outside to my car for lunch, and suddenly I smelled the fragrance envelope me again. At the restaurant the server said, "you smell very nice, it smells expensive, what is it?" I go home at the end of the day and my wife says, wow! do you smell good, what is that? Gee, do I need to say anything more?

Hermessence POIVRE SAMARCANDE offers to my nose in undulating waves a very fine Assam tea scent which morphs into a light incense scent ever so often, along with short excursions through a dark forest in between. The pepper is low-key and serves more to darken the composition than to spice it up. I find the overall effect unexpectedly complex, and very beautiful, albeit subtly so.

Although some have complained about poor longevity, POIVRE SAMARCANDE apparently likes me, for it clings well to my skin, and I am able to smell it for several hours. It is very low sillage, though, and definitely not a big statement maker. I do think that, all things considered, the overall effect of POIVRE SAMARCANDE is more that of a black tea than a woody fragrance.

Almost the entire Hermessence line wears like underwear. Only a select few people will ever know if you are wearing any, and those that do won't see you in them for long. Poivre Samarcande is no exception.

On my skin, Poivre is a really dark and interesting blend of black pepper, baies roses and charred wood. On first spray it is easy to imagine you are a black garbed Parisian dodging traffic. It is perhaps the most elegant winter fragrance around.

Too bad then that sillage is nonexistant and staying power is less than an hour— it wears close to the skin like tasteful black lingerie, for better or worse, and like that pretty black teddy crumpled at the foot or your bed, it is ridiculously overpriced.

Poivre Samarcande is a bit like watered-down Terre Hermes.

Don't get me wrong, it's a nice scent... but about 100 euros overpriced. Me thinks Hermes wanted to make an exclusive line for its uber-wealthy clients when it created the Hermessence Collection.

Skin! If skin had a perfumed scent this is what I imagine it would smell like. Smooth, soft, warm comfort. For me I smell the caraway the most, with subtle woods.
Great for men and women. Skin scent, with great lasting power.

one of my favorites...just sort of sneaks up on you, a very discrete surprisingly more masculine scent to me.too bad it is so pricy..when you are spending this type of coin for a fragrance there are a lot to choose from, but for me this is very special. i really do love the way this smells just off a spray, you may shy away just due to price always a compliment getter for me. peppery and pleasing. very classy. and to me quite masculine in aroma. strong silent type mans scent. you will be noticed for being a step above the pack..excellent,, potent..
people will want to get close for a second sniff.. just love this one..

The best one (next to Vetiver Tonka) from the Hermessence collection. Cant get everyone to stop asking what im wearing or that I smell sexy! :) worth the price!

I have it, I like it but it really is more of a masculine. Similar to Voyage D'Hermes with a STRONG dose of black pepper.

Yay, pepper! AH... AH... ACHOO!

Sorry, damn pepper makin' me sneeze. If you like DRY, black pepper that you sprinkle on your eggs and steak, then here's your true calling. Pepper heaven.

Got a sample from the extremely generous greenfaerie in a swap of Mandragore for Fracas (just love Fracas)

Anyway, I dabbed a little on.....waited...and it Really bloomed into something unexpectedly wonderful in the warm weather. Pepper, spices, yes...but I got the creamiest incense out of it as well (refined, non-churchy incense) and the scent wafts closely to the skin but is very warming and sensual. I LOVE it. This one is more refined that the heavier frags I usually go for.

Thanks Greenfaerie!

Poivre Samarcande's opening with pungent spicy pepper and woods brings to my mind of countless perfumes I smelled in the past 10 years. It's pleasant but lacks in personality. Same story for the drydown that is surely refined but still not so interesting for me. HPS is a nice scent, no more, no less. It could be enough if just half priced and composed by some anonimous perfumeur, but it costs 200 bucks and it's by JC Ellena. Unacceptable.

A good option could be to include it the travel set available at a cheaper price with 4x15ml vials at your choice form the hermessence range.

Rating: 6.5/10

i hear a lot about this being a more masculine scent, but it makes me feel very feminine (not to say it wouldn't smell great on a man though...)! I love to dab just a tiny bit on my wrist in the summer when it's really hot, it smells amazing then!! During winter, i wear it layered with havana vanille. It might sound weird, but you have to try it, it's amazing (well, i like it anyway...)If you do, let me know what you think about it!!

Burning pepper softened by mellow wood.Green,fiery pepper,hint of chili,enveloping woods(oak and cedar).The best seller from Hermessence Collection since 2004.

One of my favorite evening scents to wear. I've found myself layering a lot of JCE's fragrances and the outcomes are very pleasant. I can definitely smell the peppered notes in addition to a leathery-"something." Great sillage.

Ingenious interpretation of understatement. The scent is rather linear, but its subtle trail lasts a long time. Be careful, however. Its strength cannot be increased by spraying more of this scent. I think there are "olfactory blockers" in the scent, so if you spray more, you won't smell the scent at all! Less is more in this case.

All I get is a sort of peppery wood scent. It's okay, but there's not a lot of layering on me and the complexity is lost. For a brief moment, my interest was peaked by something approaching chili or cumin, but it faded down under the peppery wood. Not bad, but not something I would wear.

Drydown is very similar to L´Artisan Timbuktu.

The Sensuous pepper of Poivre Samarcande it gets entirely lost on me, from the smidge of caraway and the green peppercorn faint scent, a smooth and earthy affair, that had to be more dense for beeing really enjoyable. Another Jean-Claude Ellena dissapearing act!

This is a great composition.Spicy and woody.I love it very much.