Un Jardin Apres la Mousson Hermes for women and men

I live in a tropical country for most of my life. This perfume smells exactly like home. I can imagine the smell of rain pouring down in a dense rainforest. Very nostalgic and comforting. Fresh, spicy, and I love the smell of melon! I just wish that, for the price, it has better staying power.

The first thing that comes to mind at the mention of Kerala India, is coconuts. When I read that Mousson was inspired by Kerala, I was definitely anticipating a coconut scent. But I'm glad Ellena thought otherwise and concentrated on the second most thing Kerala is famous for i.e. spices.
Apres ala mousson is inspired by the scent of rich vegetation and aromatic soil, wet and fragrant after the heavy monsoon rains.
It's a very unconventional scent. Spicy, woody yet watery and fresh. The cardamom note blooms the strongest on my skin in the opening. It then mellows down to a translucent spicy, citrusy, woody fresh scent which is a signature of all the fragrances in the Jardin series.  The fresh ginger is zesty and very refreshing and stops the fragrance from being too rich and spicy. The image that comes to mind is of sitting in a verandah in the middle of a lush spice plantation in Kerala, enjoying the heavy monsoon. The rain is heavy, yet still, without the distraction of thunder. 
Amidst the spices mentioned in the notes, Ellena’s minimalistic style makes it delicate, refreshing and a pleasure to wear on a hot humid summers day. An odd yet intriguing fragrance.

I enjoy the watery-spicy-woody surprising effect of Un jardin après la Mousson. I've used it during the late spring or summer for several years now and I'm confortable in it. It melts nicely with my skin, much better than how Un jardin sur le Nil does (though I also like this one), specially during summer or high temperature days. I love the ginger blossom note, such a beautiful and strange flower in reality. The fragrance develops interestingly and lasts long for an edt.

My choice for summer out of Ellena's jardin collection for the moment.

Summer after it rains. Sultry.

melon and cardamon drifted away by a warm breeze....

Being a fan of unisex fragrances I decided to give Hermes' Un Jardin line a try. Of the four, I think this is the most versatile. The individual spicy notes of ginger, cardamom, pepper and coriander are all noticeable, but not in the traditional "dry spice rack" sense. This scent is very FRESH, but warm at the same time - an unusual combination! I think the melon-y note that some detect is actually a combination of the watery note and fresh ginger. Unlike dried ginger, fresh ginger has a very wet, tangy and sweet, almost fruity scent. I can see how it could be interpreted as melon.
I really think this is an all season perfume. I haven't had it long enough to try in winter, but the spices are definitely warm and rich. The rainy, humid, fresh side of the scent is apparent now, as spring develops, but the spicy warmth could easily take center stage in colder weather and be very appropriate.
Like all of the Jardin series, this is an unusual, seemingly complex but deceptively familiar, intriguing scent. It is highly enjoyable to wear!

Just received the brume parfumee (alcohol free body mist) and gave it a go. First impression on this cold winter day is that it definitely brings back memories of travelling in South India. Spice farms in the backwaters and humid heat. I can see what other reviewers mean by the melon note however I cannot exactly say if it is melon, cucumber or just a general mix of vegetables. Maybe it will occur to me later what it reminds me of. So far, so good. Really need to test this when the weather is warmer!

i will tell it straight like this

I AM AFRAID OF SMELLING THIS FRAGRANCE AGAIN IN MY LIFE

i tried it once, hated it, ruBBed it off
2nd time i literally threw up

i see a lot of reviews talking aBout how natural, juicy and green its
that makes me want to try it again

BUT I DONT REALLY DARE TO DO IT

melon note its so putrid and offensive
that makes me sad to even rememBer when i smelled that

The notes and the smell doesn't add up to me. I like it but I'm puzzled. I smell the pepper and ginger but also something fresh in the mix of things. Sometimes when a scent gets too overwhelming for me I spritz a little water on it and it freshens it right up. I get the Melon thing people are talking about in the end. Odd but in a good way.

Do you like summertime?Do you like smell good but not "good" as everybody?When are you walking on street on temperature up to 80+ do you get bored about that "Aqua,silver,sport..." smell?
Me too and me too and me too.
I used to wear this excelent alternative for a long years and i can't get enough.
Everybody knows that better fragrances are winter weather made to and honestly i know exactly what i'm talking about because i live in Brazil so wrong perfume plus wrong weather is poisonous.
Here is a great perfume of course this is not a masterpiece not even a lovely one although smell very good,big longevity and better than that versatily is amazing.Anyway we've got some "aqua" on it but not like a lake,river or sea it is just like a rain falling down on a rich spicy/aromatic soil in a tropical weather country for sure India because the aromatic cardamon smell along spicies such ginger roots and flowers i mean ginger roots smelling same as vetiver is typical from that region.Not listed on notes but present a summer proper smell comes out from watermelon while coriander and pepper make duo harmonious as Batman & Robin,coriander is like a grand finale for a freshness summer salad.
In the end you know what?it is so natural and comfortable that hot weather is just one thing else.

I like a smell of softener and I like a smell of ginger in BVL Notte pour femme- but not the mixture of these two smells in UJA Mousson.
I don't like it from the first spray to the last whifs.

I bought this last summer to cool me down on hot days. However it rained ALL summer in the UK and the last thing I wanted was a perfume that smelled of rainy days and thats what this is. Last summer it saddened me and I was ready to sell it on ebay. Now I will keep it till the summer in the confident expectation of heat and sun.

However Jardin Med will be on standby as that cheers and refreshes like nothing else.

I love the smell, clean , fresh , crisp and green yet the sillage is very poor ..

I did full of expectations above this fragrance, mainly for the fact to describe how Ellena did this notes become an idea of a rain. And so..I tried, and it doesn't fits me, why?
Well..what I only remember until now is the tea's smelling..and yes, it's spicy, and a bity strange..and I would say that a litle bit old! :/
but each opinion is a opinion..and I have to say that the quality of the perfume is really nice..maybe if Elena had thought the rain for some tropical place..it would seems more as a rain!

I love this one but it´s a little too sweet I wanted it to be. The note I love is the melon. Melon is very noticeable in the beggining of the bottle or in the beggining of the sprayed, but then the smell becames sweet and sweet.

I tried this perfume today, to me is too "cucumbery"and nothing like my imagination of "After rain" thing. It doesn't smell agressive, but on the other hand-nothing special for this price.

This is a gorgeous spicy fresh mix, and I had the great opportunity of trying it thanks to a lovely memeber here, Greenfaerie38. I was reluctant to try it for so long, simply because I am not a fan of pepper, but here it is subtle enough. Actually the fragrance feels "cold" to me, in spite of all these spices.
The strength and sillage are very good, and among the Jardin series I would rank it second to Sur Le Toit only, in terms of lasting strenth and sillage. Very Good, a 9/10 in my book, and wishlist material for sure! I would love a FULL bottle of this, would be ready to swap a lot for this one! Highly reccomended!

Wow.. so many interesting and widely variable reviews. Being a huge fan of this juice, I can relate to probably 90% of these interpretations. Obviously, the frag will smell differently on each of us based on our own chemistry. I'm a dude... don't really sweat much, indoors most of the time and have fairly dry skin... accentuated by the arid desert where i live. Apres la Mousson, on my skin, renders the notions of over-rippened melons and mushy, drippy cucumbers... sorta rancid-sweet in its overtones all the while masking the idea of rotting vegetation. This aroma is wafted across a briny, still lake yielding a salty, over-flowing watery cleansing effort to what otherwise might have been unpleasant. These then get gently wafted along on a clean linen breeze to tidy everything up in a gorgeous bouquet of warm and comforting greenness... Strangely inviting and unusual... so beautiful and unforgetable... intensely seductive and sensual. Great for quiet and soft summer and fall mornings. Avoid the intense heat. Break it out on those cold, gloomy winter mornings when you could use a "pick-me-up". Don't use this everyday... it's too indulgent. Reserve it for those occasions when you need special attention or something a little selfish and self-centered... or share it on an intimate occasion... it's a great "combat scent" when you and your special someone need a "get some in the garden" atmosphere... most of all be open-minded enough to let it take you where it will..... ENJOY!!! This is SEXY STUFF!!!

It took my attention some two months ago. I doubted whether to buy it or not, as when I saw this page here, I realized that they compare it with Bulgari Black - an also unisex fragrance I couldn’t get used to and gave to my husband after buying it, long ago now - . It's rather difficult to me to resist suggestions alluding to India or Arab charms so, in mid-uruguayan Spring, I finally bought "Un Jardin après la Mousson" today. I'm glad but I'll be careful not to wear it when it's too hot and, contrary to "Un Jardin sur le Toit", when I'm engaged in "hard urban action". It'll be wonderful for calm, cool or warm evenings in the open air. Yet, I must confess I fear its unisex side, in a way. Will my husband end up by wearing it, instead of me?

Its definitely my favourite out of all the Un Jardin collection. It really is in synch with my personality, not to overwhelming, simple, classic, independent, and exotic at the same time. The scent picks you up from a beginning towards a slow, warm descend.
The bottle itself is beautifully made, very simple and such lovely colours.
Reminds me of a tropical destination, surrounded by large tropical trees, sun shinning through the green leaves,hot and humid, somewhere in Asia.
Bought the 50ml one and instantly fell in love with it, so next perfume I buy will be the 100ml version. Absolutely love it!

This is a fantastic, exotic scent that resembles no other. It is like you are being drenched in the hills of Chakrashila will cleansing yourself with insence and citrus. One of my absolute favorites. I can see a man wearing this. SO, that being said, I only wear it when I am dressed feminine and pretty.

It is very diffiucult to describe this scent, as it changes its fragrance everytime i put it on. Personally, i realized that the perfume smells different at every weather change. When it is sunny it smells, as often described like watermelons and cucumber with a rather woody and earthy apres-smell. On rainy days the odour hugs you like a bubble and you feel like at a spice market, with lots of sweetness and balmy flavours.On cold days it is the only warm source that makes you remember of summer or a rainy jungle.
It is a good composition and everyone can sense something diverse in this great perfume. I recommend this to very wild women who seek for adventures but still hide some mystery behind their facade.
I do not own it yet, but i still have to find it more appealing to me than it already is.

Is it an exotic journey of south Asian spices, or is it watermelon Bubbilicious? Good either way.

I bought it to myself(I'm a woman) last year, I found it seductive, I just wanted to smell it and smell it... so different, so unique. But unfortunately I can't stand it on myself, it is too heavy for my nose, just too much. So I gave it to my husband who likes it very much too. On his skin it smells different, warmer and less harsh.
Pretty good longevity and nice bottle too.

A rare, sunny day in the washout that is UK summer 2012 and I am testing a few samples. Hermes Un Jardin Apres La Mousson (after the monsoon) seems painfully appropriate.
This one is interesting enough that the first time I tested it last Autumn I wrinkled my nose in a WTF manner, not that it was unpleasant, but it was...different.
This time, ready for the oddness of it, I find it to be a delicious combination of acquatic, green peppery, soft spicy goodness. It is a fragrance correctly left genderless, just refreshing, uplifting, unique and lovely.
I would happily purchase more of this.

I would say that on me the most noticeable note of this fragrance is the ginger blossom note. The sillage of it is really quite charming. It really attracts my attention periodically. Despite this fragrance opens on me nearly like a green watermelon peel inside (I guess it's a mix of the ginger blossom and melon notes.), it really smells good:)

It doesn't smell on me spicy, only a little bit. And not too aquatic, but its watery enough.

I'm not a fan of watermelon and melon fragrances, but I like this fragrance! It's unusual enough. Only I'm afraid to get tired of the melon note.

the best thing I've ever tried in my life! I'm in love with this :)Seeing as it's unisex I'd fall in love with any man wearing it. Simply the sexiest.

The spice and cool wetness is a really unusual combination.I really feel the humid air, the wafts
of green freshness,perhaps a hint of cucumber,ginger
lingers beneath, while the pepper, and hints of mustard
seed add a brash spicy aura.Strangely enough they do
not compete.The cool wetness is never overpowered by
the spice,which by itself may be a little too tranquil
and mundane.A conceptual scent that must be smelled to
truly appreciate!P.S., the ombre bottle,and it`s oceanic
hues are truly beautiful!

Defenitely a try before you buy fragrance. I love it. It's an unusual fresh scent. To me, it's not spicy, but more like green herbs, like parsley. The name is very appropriate, I think. The same vibe as after a heavy shower, when the air seems to be full of life; it smells natural and rainy. The downside to me is the longevity, which is really poor on me.

I love the Hermès Un Jardin line and I was really excited to smell this fragrance. It smells like perfection in the bottle, but unfortunately smells awful on my skin. Truly it really doesn't smell like anything on my skin. I can't pin-point a certain smell but a poorly blended wood/bitter greens scent. But it really smells fresh and woody while smelling on a card or from the bottle, and really quite beautiful. I'm disappointed in this, but I'm sure that it sets well on other people's skin.. at least I hope so, because this fragrance really does smell amazing otherwise. Unfortunately, I think this is the low point for Un Jardin. However, I do encourage people to go and try it on their own skin, because my first impressions (on a card and in the bottle) were magical.

I really wanted to like this fragrance. I love the name that evokes me the sunsets after the rain in Asia, and I love the bottle too. Unfortunately I couldn't find anything that reminded me nor Asia nor the monsoon and nothing to like.

This is a very green fragrance and I smelled something like cucumber and grass with a very distant touch of ginger. It's not a bad scent but I found it incredibly soft and weak. Even if I spray multiple times, there's not scent left after only half an hour or less on my skin.

With other Hermès fragrances I also feel a longevity problem, as with Eau d'Orange Verte, that's an incredibly good scent with a very poor longevity. However, in the Terre d'Hermès the scent, which is delicious, has a good projection and still better longevity on my skin.

Well I was disapointed. I actually would like to have this perfume on my shelves, if only for the exotic name and the beautiful bottle, but unfortunately this smells almost nothing in my skin.

After discovering the "jardin" range by Hermes I decided I wanted them all:) Mousson was the last one of 4 I tried and it didn't dissapoint- on the first spray there was ginger, freshly cut and so yummy! Immidiately after spices started flooding through making it a bit more edgy and peppery and then it suddenly changed into the overriped melon....and more overriped fruits. Each fragrance of the Hermes jardin range has this unique power of transporting you into a different place, indian ocean shore in this case...the smell is beautiful, but has a shorter lasting power than it's brothers/sisters:) Unfortunately for my collection I had to separate the family members after smelling one of the Guerlain purfume and wanting it badly:) After much deliberation it was decided that mousson will be swapped:) but for those who are curious- it will make a good day time summer fragrance and it would develop beautifully in slightly wet conditions, like after the rain.

I sniffed the bottle first and it smelled wonderful, I was sure I'm getting closer to finding the perfect unisex fragrance for myself. Unfortunately, even though I love cardamom, sometimes it makes me smell like cucumber brine (I had the same experience with Voyage d`Hermes). So there was lots of spicy salty brine for 15 minutes, then the smell started fading away and after a little over an hour I could barely smell anything.
I guess we're not meant to be...

I love the perfumes of Hermes. Usually they are unusual, like this.
Ist has long duration

It's a very unusual fragrance, salty and green at the same time. However, on my skin is doesn't have any lasting power whatsoever and when I apply it on clothes people complain it smells like BO to them. They don't even believe I'm wearing a perfume, my friends just think I've been to the gym :)

This perfume is good for the day-time, especially when outdoors. It is the ONLY perfume I have that never gives me a headache. I can even hit the gym while wearing this perfume and it actually refreshes me instead of makes me feel sick (I am very sensitive to scents). It's very unusual, and smells good on skin. However a few times I have gotten it on my clothes, too, and it has this strangely sweaty-sock smell on clothes, at least to me. So as long as I only keep it on my skin, it smells delicious. It's very spicy and watery. I know it's supposed to evoke India, but to me it reminds me of my honeymoon on Bora Bora... the last day there it rained very hard, and there was a similar smell in the air. Yum.

Wonderful the ginger, charming the pepper. This stunning composition gives the scent its unique feeling - that many have fallen in love with. Oh....I'm so in love.

It's more like herbal and fresh spicy aquatic on my skin.
At the beginning, I smell aquatic note, similar to She Wood. When it dries down a bit, yes, it smells like freshly sliced cucumber. Once in a while, I can detect black pepper and that's it.
It's great for summer because it's very fresh, but if I blind bought it based on the notes, that would be a mistake.

One of my favorite scents, this is a true original.
I think that the melon that people say they smell is really a watery, ozonic. To me it lacks the sweetness and character of melon.

This fragrance is so interesting because to me it is clean, watery, yet softly spicy. It really is India with all the characteristic spices but right after the monsoon when the air is still damp and fresh. Fresh and spicy- what an oxymoron.

The opening 10 minutes is so wonderful. I cook with fresh ginger frequently and this is fresh ginger. I always thought that ginger notes in perfume seemed off to me because fresh ginger is sharp and slightly spicy but unmistakably wet. The opening of this scent captures what I love about ginger, but not too literally. Sophisticated--not kitchen.

Just a wonderful scent if you are looking for something really novel and light. I do get a good 5-6 hrs out of this but I use it more liberally than most of my other scents.

I really love this scent. It is unique yet subtle and I can't imagine most people not liking it. I respect Hermes for their "out there" scents, the Mediterranée and sur le Nil scents are just so bizarre to me. The first smells literally like earth and the second like the vegetables that are grown in it. I appreciate that they are putting unique scents out there, especially with all of the smell-alikes out on the market nowadays, even if they are not my cup of tea. Mousson strikes me almost as a compromise...it's unique but not THAT unique. I would definitely love to get it as a gift but I'm not thrilled with the longevity which is a big deal-breaker with me in terms of buying it or it becoming my signature scent.

huele a un huerto de melones, un huerto humedo con melones.

Cardamom and ginger creates the smell of a melon with a hint of spicy peppers. Bright, uplifting and interesting fragrance. Different even the scent itself is quite linear on my skin. Sillage and longevity is good.

Un perfume distinto, especial, nada de diseñador onda Carolina Herrera ... difícil de llevar, fuerte, intrusivo. Lo describo como una suma de especias fuertes, de cocina, con un toque de vetiver. Eso si, mis felicitaciones a Jean Claude Elena, ya que supo condensar en una fragancia, el OLOR A LLUVIA, algo que nunca creí que se pudiera hacer. SOLO para los días de calor intenso, y prohibido para el frio. Eso si, no esperen comentarios del tipo ¿qué rico!!! sino más bien ¿qué es eso que te pusiste, jengibre???!!! A animarse, vale lo que cuesta, que es mucho (el envase es caso aparte, de cristal ahumado en tonos azules, parece un piedra preciosa)

Un Jardin après la Mousson is strangely the least favorite of the Jardin-series and mostly neglected by (niche) perfumistas. I don't see why, really.

If there is a perfect summer fragrance that refreshes and is light and luscious, that'll be après la Mousson.
The melon combined with ginger and spices is simply exotic. I think the name really hits the nail on the head: Après la mousson is like the humid jungle air after a monsoon has swept across the land. It is not dry at all. It is wet, green and lively.

The only bad news is that is isn't very long-lasting. I don't get more than 4 hours no matter how liberally I spray. Though it lasts a bit more in humid weather, I noticed.

its one of my favourites. Ginger in it is fantastic! Smells like hot desert stones to me.

it smells like lightblue but with alot of pepper and a bit of cucucmber..reading the reviews it lead me to believe that it smells like melon but when i purchased it, it doesnt smell like melon it mells like frikin lightblue but with pepper..i dont know if im gonna be pissed or happy because i expected something different and instead i got lighblue in a hermes bottle although i like lightblue i dont want to smell light blue anymore..i am not doing this review to rant and get people be disappointed but i want to help them to know what this really smells like
to have ballons or not to have balloons i just want to help and tell the truth

Just smelling the bottle, it seems fresh and clean-- ginger and fresh-cut grass.

On first spray, a harsh smell takes over. This is, I think, the "peppery melons" everyone is talking about.

On my skin it takes only a couple minutes to begin to calm down into a more complex, sexier fragrance, warmer and colder at the same time.

I grew up in a hot and very humid climate and I can see where this fragrance is meant to remind the wearer of standing in a garden after a heavy rain, with water still hanging in the air.

I don't agree, however, that the scent is too narrative to be someone's "signature." It's very unique, and that's what I love about Apres La Mousson, but on my skin, it becomes almost intimate, and very sweet, after about an hour.

When I spray it on after a shower, the whole process from pepper to sweetness takes place before I even leave the house, so I imagine what other people smell on me is very different than what I experience.

I agree with some of the other reviews citing that this smells like peppery melons...as unappealing and sneezy as that sounds :p I think that it's really a wonderful scent..it starts off on a sicklysweet/sour note but then fades into this watery spicy smell. Its quite unique and you won't catch many people wearing this around you--it's nice to have such a unique story book scent in world of Pink Sugar & Light Blue

I love this scent especially for it's weirdness. I think it smells like pepper and honeydew. It smells so good. I wish it had more staying power, though. Pleasant, bizarre, watery, fresh.

Apres La Mousson demonstrates that perfume does not need to exist solely as a sensory accessory. It can also exist to tell a story, to evoke drama and beauty for it's own sake.

I agree with many of the reviewers, that this perfume is less successful as a personal scent. A good perfume should accentuate a positive element of someone's personality or physical presence. Florals accentuate physical beauty, citrus: physical strength, fruits: a sweet personality, etc.

But Apres La Mousson has little that can be anthropomorphized into human terms. Rather, it is all about the glory and drama of nature. Coupled with it's narrative of the Indian monsoon, it takes us on an exotic and breathtaking journey to the wonders of nature in a far-off country.

So while the perfume may not succeed apart from it's narrative, it does provide the wearer with an immediate escape into a strange and beautiful world. It exists as a tremendous work of art for it's own sake.

Such a strange perfume which I haven't expected. Only a bold note performs from the middle till far end and I'm not sure what is it.
Anyway, it's a sour and misty powdery fragrance that I prefer to smell it on others rather than me, and it's more masculine.
So deep and extremely green and spicy, stings in a pleasureful way.
Dirty and leafy, it's a casual one and I think there's no way to make it formal. So strange and maybe offensive specially for official spirit.

The coriander [cilantro] & ginger flower notes in this Hermes gem smell like melons to me...The pepper and cardamom are exquisite additions to this fresh concoction...I adore this Hermes creation!

This scent smells like spicy cantaloupe to me. I have to be in the mood to wear it, but when I am, it's great.

absolutelly loved in when smelled first... got 200 ml, and it lasts only abt an hour on me !!! :-((((((
this is the greatest diasppointment!!!

It amazes me how this fragrance smells so wet and juicy and fruity, when the notes listed are all spices.

I do like it, but there is one off-putting note I can't quite put my finger on- something a little nauseating about it.

i got to disagree with those who dont see this as fit for a man.I wasnt sure of the scent at first but the more I sniffed the more I realised I had smelled something similar-Kenzo air and in a rather odd way too Kenzo pour homme.If you got any of those then you can relate to this.am not too keen on it as the notes arent to my taste but would wear it just to stand out as it is a special one

This one is my favorite of Les Jardins series... It's woody yet very fresh and bright unlike other heavy woody fumes that fall into the same category. It's one of those fragrances that you could wear anytime of the day, all year round. It's elegant, unique, more feminine than masculine, a perfect choice for those who like light and simple fragrances.

Title: Un Jardin Apres La mousson
Date: 2008
Written :By Jean Claude Ellena
Country :India

Un Jardin apres la mousson was born in India,in Kerala, aregion full of smells,sounds and colours.The monsoon heralds a renewal of nature,a new cycle of life...after the rain everything becomes clear and soothing...

A fragrance for men and women.
Ginger- flavoured lemonade,vegetable scents and Kahili ginger ,a plant with delicate white flowers,typical of India,cool spices,coriander,pepper and vetiver.

Un jardin Après la Mousson probably is my favorite of all jardins. It feels fresh and, at the same time, it's wet and muggy like after a flash heavy rain on a super hot day. Spicy and musky melon is very obvious, and it's green and cool as cucumber. It's also the most masculine of all due to the absence of anything floral. My second favorite would be Sur Le Nil, Sur Le Toit, while Mediterrannee is the least favorite (but still very good) because it's just too sweet and figgy for me. I probably wouldn't wear it often because it's a bit unusual for everyday wear, but I'm glad to own this wonderful creation by Ellena.

A modern and minimal fragrance for spring/summer season. The opening is spicy and fresh with bitter orange, pepper, and a tiny note of melon. It rapidly turns into a woody phase then In the drydown I get a stronger melon with vetiver and hints of pepper and cardamom. Surely not a masterpiece or something I would never buy a FB of, but it's somehow nice. If you're into light aquatic scents this could be a good option as while beeing fresh it doesn't belong to the generic "sport editions" category.

Rating: 6.5-7/10

I have been trying this for the past two days. There is no melon listed but I smell honeydew, through the entire life of the fragrance. It settles into a green leafy earthy melon that I love and adore. If only it lasted, I would own this for sure. It lasts longer on my clothes, but on my skin it leaves within 2 hours. I long for Un Jardin's in EDP.
I do not smell any wood or spice in this.

Another perfume that makes me think a lot, which isn't a bad thing. Here was what I thought as I wore it. Immediately:"Persian melon", which is juicy but has a hot peppery bite when it's fully ripe. Then "cold ginger", which is nonsensical but some of the artistry of this perfume--I've never smelled ginger before that wasn't hot and aggressive. Finally, "ice queen" as the vetiver note opened with a very cold spice that I couldn't quite identify.

This is a beautifully made unusual perfume that I admire intensely but don't particularly love. If this was a visual art it would be sculpture: literal, gorgeous but cold to the touch as all fine marble is. The other thing I find odd and interesting is that while it's cold it isn't refreshing. To me this is certainly a better perfume for winter or blustery early spring rather than the heat of summer. Well worth trying but not a typical Hermes scent.

Sillage: close and polite
Durability: several hours when it arrives at the vetiver
Fabulosity: Rodin's The Thinker
Price to value ratio: reasonable
8/10

In these years it seems like a lot of perfume houses are beginning to create more natural smelling scents. This fragrance is no exception. Like the other perfumes from the Jardin range the ingredients smell like something you could actually find in the real nature.

To my nose the heart in this scent is melon with a mist of bitter aromatic spices above. Personally I can only distinguish pepper and cardamom. The opening is quite dewy and reminds me of being in a green house. On me it settles to an almost exclusively spicy scent where the smell of melon just leaves an impression of something sweet among the spices.

I don't really know what to think about this scent but no doubt that it's very unique and something new. In spite of that I don't really think that this fragrance has "personality".

In 3 words: SPICY - NATURAL - DEWY

Opens with dry earth with the presence
not listed in the notes is galbanum with it's leafy greenish scent then dries with
Cardamom a spicy ginger extract and if you
don't even notice i can even pick up a scent of oregano dry and delectable then
the fiery scent of Coriander starts steeping through making this scent like
a lush spice garden in late spring afternoon then pure yellow ginger spices
dries to an powdery finish.

I would love this scent if it didn't have that nauseating green note opening
but this scent would be promising with
out it.

It's like watermelon without sugar, and a bit like bug spray. Bitter and sour, with that unique touch of Hermes.

Jardin en Mediteranee is my favorite in this series. Mousson is a disappointment. WISH I could find the ginger, the melons. At first it is fresh cucumber and almost the sour smell of boxwood. Yesterday I layered it with Jo Malone Nutmeg & Ginger which helped. Perhaps this will work better on me in hot weather.

I second Chris v.V's review: having skin-tested this a few times, I find it opens with a juicy honeydew melon (!) note, of all things; no greens or citrus that others find in it. This note never disappears but rather mellows to hold the spices to follow together. Quite a unique result!

Wonderfull!
Finally I found a substitute for the extinct kenzo air, that was my favourite one.
This one fits perfectly for man too!

I can´t imagine a man wearing this perfume. For me it´s a feminine fragrance for sure. Perfect for those women who like an exotic and misterious atmosphere. This fragrance is unique and I can´t stop sniffing myself now. Hahaha :)))

I was about to buy this perfume, since this is unisex perfume. But when I put on my wrist, at first it smelled wonderful, but within 10 seconds, I feel sick when sniff it. There was butterfly flying in my stomach, I don't know why. It is a pity, since I do like this perfume!

Well, whaddya know! I'm not enamored with this one (and I thought FOR SURE I would be).

Melons, melons, everywhere! At first spray and for a good long while -- melons. What kind of melons? I smell watermelons, cantaloupes, honeydew melons... I know, I know -- there's not a melon to be found in the notes. (I sprayed it on at Holt Renfrew, so I know it's legit...)

Not that melons are a bad thing, but they're just not ME.

It is now a couple of hours after the initial spray and it's actually a too-sweet "pink" fragrance on me. Strange.

Rightly said, its like a monsoon that restores to the earth, what the sun has taken away.... practically speaking, its like cool slices of watermelon (fruity, watery, green), sprinkled with citrus salt ginger & pepper spice.

i have 15 ml,, for me La Mousson is best one for me..the scent is gorgeuos ... @ my country this smell similar than a some food from java island- we called a yellow rice-and the ginger so sweet for me,,, how about u ????

I sprayed it-overpowering smell of sickly sweat lemons. Too masculine; no complexity. Thankfully, it disappeared within a half-hour.

In the begining i've liked, was very different. Then cardamom appeared so intensely that was nauseating to me.

But as I said in other reviews, this Hermes series is very particular and original, just not my type.

Love this fragrance--I have all three & this one stands out the most! It's fresh, clean, melony, peppery, green-like and wonderful!

I do love this perfume; it is classic and stylish and belongs with pale grey linen slacks, white cotton shirts and comfy undies. It makes me wish I was tall and slender and lightly tanned with naturally bleached hair and a scatter of freckles over the bridge of my nose, and it makes me want to take Persephone's hand and take her back to her magical childhood and linger there for an afternoon, playing on the beach, in the sun, gazing to the inky blue of the seascape. That is what scent is all about; it evokes the past, the present and sometimes the future, and lets you step into the lives of others, if only for a fleeting moment.

Thankyou, Persephone.

If you spray light and don't stick your nose into it (smell it on you, around you...), you'll see it's quite special, unique, really smells like "un jardin apres la mousson". Rainy.

Good for summer days and rainy days.

Not cold days! I've noticed it's only good in warm weather.


The dominant note is ginger, so if you don't like how ginger smells, you probably won't like this either.

Hi.

This is my first Favorite from HERMES.For me it is stuning blend of Woody and Spicy.It is definitely Modern.Top notes is very spicy&Fresh to my nose.Like surge of Freshness blowing!

In my opinion it is more masculine than feminine however it concern ou your chemistry.I really like this one simply because it is so versatile.Makes me feel Dive in pool in a HOT day.

A casual fragrance and also it would be a safe choice on job interviews.Pure balance and in one word a Perfect Fresh.

Great SILLAGE and LONGEVITY is Noticeable on my skin.

7.5/10

I tested Un Jardin apres le Mousson before and I’m wearing it right now on my right arm and trying to understand if it could be for me. I love the bottle and the box with the little elephant!
The scent itself is not bad. It’s very fresh and aromatic, it radiates from me in many soft nuances. Lots of layers here for a relaxed elegant fragrance!
All the listed notes are present but to be honest I don't smell such strong spices, thanksgod! The whole scent stays very smooth and highly wearable.
The problem with this and so many other Hermes is that they don’t totally fit my chemistry and not in a short time anyway! It takes at least one hour for them to settle on my skin nicely, but the first hour is quite an akward experience. I sprayed UJALM more than 1hour and a half ago and only now I smell a harmony on my skin. I suggest to try this because it’s a nice fresh elegant scent for summer, very comfortable. It gives me a feeling of soothing and pace down. Like the other ones from the same series it can make you feel like a relaxed easygoing but refined lady in the shadow of a garden even if you live a hectic city life in the hot summer!

When I was a child, every summer my family would make a vacation getaway to the Black Sea, the Russian equivalent of Riviera with Turkish roots. We'd stay in a small town named Gurzuf. This place inspired many Russian classics, and Pushkin, probably the greatest of them, used to have a summer vacation house there some 200 years ago. I still remember vividly its narrow windy streets laid with stone going up the mountains, the fruit trees hanging over the fences, the solemn peak of Ai-Petri disappearing in the clouds and the freshness of the air, tingling with peppery aroma of ancient grand pine trees, the tiny bananas I'd eat right from the palms not caring about them being green, which would cause my extreme delight, the hot pebble stones I'd play with by the shore, the dark waters of the sea, as calm as if keeping a secret, and the bronze statue of Pushkin, of course, sitting there in the garden on the bench, projecting a musing look somewhere ahead of the picture of just another small town, ahead of the ancient pine trees, ahead of the sea - into the eternity.
Apres La Mousson smells like Gurzuf after rain painted in watercolors. Dear memories, excellent work of art by Mr. Ellena.

this scent is beautiful...first spray reminds me of fresh cuts cucumber.the coriander and ginger make it good pair..it feels like im in rainforest real fresh and calm..it makes my nose tickle when i first smell it..another great fragrance by hermes..im truly impressed with this fragrance...
really good for spring and summer

When I wore it, my friend told me I smelled like soap-bubbles.

I personally find this scent wonderful and deep, yet very pure. Takes a special and strong woman to pull off. Give it a try!

My impressions coincide with most here.
It takes me to a wet summer garden or a non-septentrional land in the wet season. I feel more plants than trees; it has an aquatic touch and it's very pure-natural as I don't feel the artificial freshness commonly perfumes.
I think it's fair to say it's unisex, since being pure natural ( anyone can end up smelling like a garden, don't we?), the notion of being femmenine/masculine becomes cultural and temporal.

I have to agree that this is the perfect summer scent. It is truly a clean fragrance, and not like some of the aquatics which say they are clean. It
smells quite natural, as in being a fragrance made up of the smells of nature. The only problem is that it doesn't last long at all. But that's ok, I'll just carry the bottle w/ me and keep spraying it on! I love just about every fragrance that Mr. Ellena has created - bravo!

Aroma of herbs and grasses! Very natural and clean. And then I feel the smell of the white part of watermelon rind! With this fragrance, I feel like I'm in the midst of the meadow and eat watermelon.:)))
Nice! Perfect for hot summer scent!

from the all Un Jardin series, La Mousson is best one for me..the scent is gorgeous..Unisex but not feminine..Higly Recommended 9,5 of 10 from me

I have tested this perfume another time, the third one; I have searched for it, having thought one day that its smell was one of those that required a certain degree of use and intimacy to be appreciated; in a similar way, the smell of horses is a good smell, but it is necessary to be used to clean them to notice.
The opening still offends me a little, but it gets better when the coarse base really starts to undress and even grow: the smell of melon, very loud at the beginning, will fade slowly, and then the wet earth smells of life instead of dirt or death.
I find this perfume not only sensual, as already said below, but a great canticle to the life in its world, which is sometimes brutal.
I would prefer to smell it on a man; it makes me think of some men I've known, sleeping under the porch while it rains during the wet season, and eventually getting up with an incredible joy in their eyes, as if they hadn't realized that it has been a very long time since they were kids.
It also reminds me The god of small things.

In the vial, Jardin smells a little like wet dirt and leaves, but immediately turns to melon, most likely cantaloupe, seasoned with a lot of ginger. Within an hour the cantaloupe/ginger combination turns to a fresh, green note that persists through the drydown. This part is a remarkably realistic scent of green plants, what Demeter’s Greenhouse should have been. It’s all of the plants in the garden wet and growing after the monsoon, before they flower. On the one hand, I could fault this scent for being top-heavy, starting out with a dramatic and individualistic flourish that it fails to live up to when it morphs into the introverted gardener silently puttering around among the recently watered fig trees and ferns. On the other hand, I like the quiet, dignified time with the green plants, which, if you pay close attention, have their sensual side. The sillage is moderate, and the longevity is more than I expected, the better part of a day.

I just loved all the notes, this scent is gorgeous. However, I live in an extremely hot area, and the perfume evaporated extremely quickly. It had no sillage, and disappeared. I couldn't really enjoy it that much. Boo Hoo.

I expected to love this, but the first impression was of fresh perfume sprayed over dirt. It gets better after some hours, even attractive on men.

I know its technically off but I smell ripe cantelope vivid. I immediately was under its spell. I think the scent is green more so than woody. I guess it makes sense that men wear it because it does have a cool 'sport' seeming character, but I'm a lady.

UN JARDIN APRES LA MOUSSON is a peppery vetiver scent with a powdery, even dusty drydown similar to that of KELLY CALECHE, except the leather here has been replaced by vetiver.

I would have expected something wetter after a monsoon, but this really is very dry vetiver that has been ground to dust with a mortar and pestle. The coriander contributes to the aridity, but the cardamom note is so light as to be overshadowed by the pepper-ginger complex, which opens big and lasts a few minutes. The pepper continues to linger for some time after the ginger has gone away, mingling with the vetiver in the drydown.

UN JARDIN APRES LA MOUSSON, like KELLY CALECHE, is a rather flat fragrance, but the floury texture does hold some appeal for my nose. This is definitely a unisex scent, and I would surmise that some women might find it a bit too dry and unadorned. Conversely, men who like the texture and subtlety of UJALM might also like KELLY CALECHE for a change...

lo adoro... es lo mejor, además que es chispeante y con mucha personalidad =)

Many people think that Apres la Moussone resembles to fresh air after rain. Then they smell perfume and get disappointed.

Truth is, smell of Apres la Moussune equals to wet roots of mangrove tree, and decomposed bamboo sticks. The spicy smell of hundreds and thousands washed leafs, herbals leaned to the ground and dispersed seeds in humid air. Heat of black pepper burns the nostrils and wets eyelids. It evaporates in air and resurrects over and over again. I am thinking, this is rain forest in India. Can’t get rid of pungent ginger odor no matter where I turn my head.

It is living creature born as rain drop and raised as dry spice. Sleeping on thirst and smoky ground. Fluctuating on canopy trees. Kissing your skin with the first spring sun.

Got myself a bottle of this scent recenty. It's a very refreshing scent. The perfect scent for a hot & sunny day.

The previous comments here are right, it's a very watermelony scent. But it's not too sweet to be too feminine, just right, so it's wearable for men. The lasting watermelon scent is the thing that caught me since it reminds me of fresh watermelons, which I love to eat during hot summer days.

Fresh candied ginger for the first couple of hours. Then it evolved to a more 'green' than sweet melony and flowery scent.

Long lasting regarding it's lightness - I could clearly smell it for 4-5 hours. After about 12 hours it still has a subtle fresh gingerflower softness.

This is a frangrance I could as easily wear a hot summer day, as in a cold wintery day - the ginger works suprisingly well in both seasons.

It hasn't become a favorite yet, but I got it yesterday and I am certain that it will grow on me.

This is probably my favorite from the Un Jardin series. It is not as green as the 'sur le nil', but the opening is still very green. But then the spice notes come out to warm it up. It is a very nice scent with good staying power, but is a little too green to become one of my favorites.

Finally, I Got this perfume TODAY!

and what else I can say...

Is This GINGER?

wow then I must eat it! :P
Smell sooo delicious in my skin...sweet enough but in a good way!

i Really love the scent, really love it.

At first application there's a hint of citrus, as there is lime and bergamot in the mix, but mild and gentle. I always love the scent when i'm grinding coriander seeds, and here it is, washing over me. I also get hints of sweet ripe melon. They're followed by the tender fragrance of ginger blossoms.

After this fresh gentle sweetness, it begins smells very very dry, of leather with a hint of vetiver (which are both in it, although not listed above). And then i smell the ginger and pepper. Gradually the scent of spices grows, while the other fragrances remain, and then the spices dissipate.

Always the smell is light and delicate. There's nothing heavy or overpowering. Perfect for a hot day. Refreshing, calm, relaxed.

It's as if, on a hot muggy day, the temperature has dropped just enough to be pleasant relief, after a rain shower. You go out to sit in the garden with some fruit and spices. You smell them as well as the flowers and greenery around you respiring. It brings to mind monsoon season when i lived in Indonesia.

There's little sillage, although i gather from the Hedione content that it will linger on the skin. This is an intimate perfume, with a fragrance like looking through a gauzy veil at the incandescence of scent.

This perfume has nothing usual or common.
It's very sophisticated, and in hot weather, when no perfume can satisfact you, this is the one.
I buy it for me, and my boyfriend now don't let me use, cause always still me to put hiself.
Smell realy great and different.

An absolutely FANTASTIC scent! Apres La Mousson is an elegant contradiction in terms: It is light but long-lasting, fresh and invigorating yet calming and soothing. It envelopes a perfect balance which I so seldom find in a perfume - and best of all I will not grow tired of it:)

...on the top notes i smell citrus do is not mentioned here. its fresh but much to much green for my taste. it smells like grass for a circa 15 min and than becames quite mildly, pepper is not so strong but still feeling citrus a bit. it grows into a nice scent.

It seems I have a different experience of this regarding the top notes. A mixture of hot, frothy milk, spiced with cardamon, coriander infused with a hint of nutmeg hits my nose upon application and I start wondering how this concoction can actucally come from a perfume bottle.

After about an hour I start to distinguish an unmistakable green, warm note of aquatic and citrusy bitter orange or lime aroma which will characterize most the scent's middle phase. The scent then mingles with a light peppery note and the still present crisp greenness of coriander to create an exotic, mellow and somewhat bittersweet scent.

After 3 hours the two different themes going on in parallel have stabilised and now the warm spices and the fresh citrusy aroma was reminiscent of its sister fragrance Jardin Sur le Nil as if taking away the warmer, spicier notes, we'd be left with the heart notes of Jardin Sur Le Nil.

The most dominant notes in the drydown are quite dry and woody. The overall impression however is still warm, as the harsher, masculine scents are complemented by the clean and softening hint of spice.

When I bought Jardin Sur le Nil on Ebay, I received a sample of Jardin Apres La Mousson. Sometimes I wish it had been the other way round...

An unusual masterpiece from Hermes.

Im a man and i love wearing it. It has genuine mystery and carresses the senses without overpowering them . Another winner from Hermes.

It really smell - landscape; foggy, bright , but simultaneously thick from ginger, pepper, cardamon and bit melon.Sweet and salty and at the same time piquant. Smell of indian garden just after long rains. Exactly so. It is beautiful and very original. Sound. On skin kept very long.

My search for the perfect high summer perfume continues...and perhaps it should stop here, with Un Jardin Apres Le Moussin because this really is delicate and lovely; I can't imagine a better perfume for those gaspingly dry hot days surrounded by car fumes where everyone around you is in a bad temper.

To my shame, I can't detect any of the notes listed above, except perhaps a little light ginger, barely edging in - and even then I'm not sure! What I get is an overwhelming sense of watermelon and cucumber, with a background of something green and a little more lively in the background. I say lively, this is not a fragrance that refreshes me into action like DKNY Green Apple; this is much less zesty. Both I think, work well in the office and at home. But while DKNY is successful pretty much through Spring and Summr, UJALM comes into its own on the very hottest, most suffocating days. I wish I had known of this perfume when summer travellling to places like L.A, Mumbai, and Cairo. Wearing it would have been a balm to my soul and skin.

I love the other 2 Jardin fragrances, but this one strongly smells of "doctor's office" right off the bat and I could not get past that. I will give it another try during very hot weather, as I do agree that is when the other Jardin fragrances are at their best.

Incredible how this fragance lasts on your skin. I had put this 10 hours ago, and still smell wonderfull. It's an EDT, but a way better than much EDP there, in the market. And is really impressive how much it change with the heat. More hot is the temperature? So much more refreshing is. By chance another day, I prove this and had to stay under the sun a lot of time. Any other perfume will make me sick, but this was getting better and better.
Very spice, but not warn, a spice stimulant. It's really differente of any thing. And likewise feminine. I don't smeel any fruit here. I smell what it is. Ginger, pepper and cardamom.
Anything else. Just simple and WONDERFULL.

Now that the hot days of June are in bloom, I have to review my opinion about Jardin apres la Mousson. I couldn't like it since it was launched, because it had too much melon and too less wet garden in it. Compared to my favourite Jardin en Mediterranee it was unidimensional and fruity. But today, in the heat (38 deg. C), this perfume revealed itself. I was looking for a cool scent to relieve me from the heavy atmosphere, and I tried Jardin sur le Nil, Chanel Cristalle and Cristalle Verte, Versace Versense and Dior Escale a Portofino. They all seemed too sweet for the heat, too changeable, like the fruits becoming vinegar. Even though it is not the greenest scent and I wouldn't expected from it the refreshing effect, Jardin apres la Mousson was the winner. It is a perfume for tropical weather, it stays unchanged, it is happy and juicy like a cooled fruit salad - melon, mango, mint, blood orange topped with vanilla icecream. It has a very good lasting power, making you feel the water of a green pool close all the time.

this is also one of Hermés unisex fragrances but after trying it i think its more for women... but i like it because its so clean - fresh with a sweet ginger and flowers... maybe its a bit too sweet for men! lasting power very good!

I must have been influenced by the former reviews here and the first thing that popped in my mind was cucumbers! :)
Which in fact is the mix of ginger and cardamon. At first intensive with some pepper and then more calm and warm, but without a big surprise. It's kind of nice, interesting in a way, but not my cup of tea.
However, Hermes fragrances must be tested on your own skin, not stunning on me doesn't necessarily mean the same on an other lady (or a gentlemen :) oops, sorry)

freshness of the air after rain

I bought this one at X-Mas. It smells like the spicy, green air of Thailand...the ginger gives much of its staying power, I think. Although I hesitated to wear this one in winter,I got several compliments, much to my surprise. Not for everyone...but a special scent that stands out from the mainstream that is casual and relaxing.

I was afraid to try this one because all the reviews, once I tried it was instant love! On my skin it smells like lilacs, a luscious complex fragrance with a sweet spicy background that reminds me a spice market. God bless my skin chemistry because lasting power and sillage are good. I'm surprised to get the lilacs smell because it's not listed on the official notes.

Oh, I wished this one to be like a rainy, tropical garden with fresh notes of wet greenery and fruits and lotus flowers blossoming in the pond...

Well, with my skin chemistry it isn´t. All I´ve got is pickled cucumber. A spicy pickled cucumber, but still nothing but pickled cucumber. It kind of make me miss the hot dogs...

I don't know why! i just don't love this smell, but it makes me curious even more!
That 'Bitter Cantaloupe' smells good in dry down!
And just make this fragrance even fresher!

:sigh:

this smell is wonderful! i think i would love this on a man.
i personally think that gentle, unisex scents are the sexiest on men, if a guy uses a too loud, too masculine fragrance, that gives me an impression of 'trying too hard'.
plus i love the smell of ginger and cucumber, especially on men! so sensual.
so, i say, go for it, guys!!:)

i must say that when i first smelled this one i had this overwelming feeling of citrus and watery notes. after it wears off a bit it becomes more masculine but still not enough to make me think of it as a unisex fragrance. i also don't feel it as woody spicy but more like fresh, fit for summerwear. more feminine than masculine in my opinion and the best from the trilogy.

Lovely perfume in my opinion. In the beginning, it is not very impressive. as time goes by the ginger and bit of melon started to develop nicely. Very unique. Lasts for quite a long time too

This does not come close to Un Jardin Sur Le Nil.
I only feel a very strong cucumber smell (a previous poster advised the same!!) as if you sliced the cucumbers and poured ginger on them.. Only this.. I would not like to wear something like that. Nil is the best in Jardin series, Mousson was a disapointment for me.

The most wearable in Le Jardin Collection. This scent is fresh, simple, fresh, and earthy. It's good, in the summer days.

yup i agree. the top note seems quite ordinary, but the middle is surrounded with full of the spicy but not irritative smell. i think it comes from ginger and pepper. just like u'r in an India spicey market. not so fresh after wearing for about one and a half hour, but deeply mysterious.

this perfume is wonderful. it is not like anything else you have worn. termed a 'green' or woody/earthy scent, it smells like grass and trees and maybe a hint of citrus. there are mysterious middle and bottom notes that cannot be easily identified...and even though i am a die-hard fruity/floral perfume junkie, i love this scent.