Un Jardin En Mediterranee (for women and men)

gesch

This is one perfume, where it was embarassing testing it in the store: I was so excited because of the notes and reviews i really expected to fall in love with this one. What I did was nearly puking-just from the sniff I got from the paper for testing.I'm still analyzing which note put me off so much, but it must be the combination of all. I'd really like to say sth positive, but there was no chance for me to wait for the drydown...

dunatko

Starts fresh but also really strong - green - woodsy and spicy! i dont think that any of ladies would like to smell like this!:-) maybe some men! the lasting power is very good but you can still smell "that" strong notes... for me its like bottled mediterran spices mix extract!!! nothing for me...

Zocha

After the citrus blast which fades away quickly there was something mannish like and green, resembling Après la Mousson a bit, which my nose disapproved.
However, after half an hour something nice started to appear on my wrist. Must be the fig and cedar, little sweetish like mixed with oleander which creates a lovely experience. I think it's an interesting summer fragrance! this one stays in my collection :)

lilinah

The opening is primarily citrus, fig tree and flower blossom, with underlying dry woods. The citrus dies down fairly quickly, but doesn't disappear completely, while the figgy scents - both fruit and tree - come to the fore.

Within a half-hour, there's only a hint of fruity sweetness and a more pronounced "dry" fragrance from the fig tree and cedar, while the mastic listed on the packaging treads the line between sweet and dry. I confess i don't know what nerium oleander smells like, so i can't identify it in the mix. Still, the florals gentle the green and dry woody smells, but are not particularly sweet, making this rather clearly unisex. I think i smell hints of nutty pistachio, but maybe that's just the power of suggestion.

Dry-down ends with strong but pleasant musk. As i've said in other reviews, i am not a fan of musk, but i'm beginning to think that this series of Jardins d'Hermes may just convert me.

My year living in Provence and the Cote d'Azur smelled nothing like this, as the dominant scents in nature were lavender and thyme, with cypress in the background. Still, this is a marvelously evocative scent. Like its sibling, Un Jardin Sur le Nil, the scent is long-lasting, but with minimal sillage, and seems to me to begin as a refreshing day-time/summer scent, and end as a gentle musky evening fragrance.

afraafra

the fig leaf smell seems dominant, I would consider it a green scent, very unisex.

evarus

I Love Un Jardin En Mediterranee! The Sea and bitter herbs. Hot summer near by sea. As beside us in Crimea.

guest_lotus_leaf

so disappointed.... I just spritzed this on today from the counter and loved it.... then 2 people commented on it thinking it was The Body Shop Dewberry.

Now I don't know if I should get it and all I can think of is Dewberry. Ugh.

Chandramukhi

I spent the last summer in Crete and I had Un Jardin en Mediterranee with me. I could't tell the difference between the outdoor smell and my perfume. They smelled the same!
If I smell the bottle now, it's as if opening a secret window that lets Crete in!
The most lovely fig leaves smell.

Svetoslava

I love it from the first sniff. A lot of figs and roasted capsicum :). I can hardly smell the citrus. Anyway, it is so natural to me and would like always to have a bottle of it.

dalkiuyu

ohh, this smells sooo nice...
my stepmom wears it, and it is very grassy and calming...just a very pleasant scent. it does really remind me of what the mediterranean would smell like: fresh and natural.

snobuni77

WoW I havent smelled anything like this as of yet & I am really really liking it.
It smells almost like fresh spices like just grown Thyme & cloves...maybe even some basil???.I am not to great & naming exact scents (yet) but it is a very fresh scent with a green oceanic spray scent behind it.I do smell the Cyprus & a bit of the Cedar.It is definitely all natural,nothing synthetic here.It definitely makes me want to test some Niche scents as soon as possible because natural is Sooo much nicer.

I also think that a man can pull this off.A very up kept fresh looking man.

Its definitely a scent worth testing ;)

Auguszta

I got less fig from this than I had hoped for, but all in all this is just gorgeous. It really has that laid-back Mediterranian feel. It's light and very refreshing, brilliant for summer, but it still has plenty of character. The cypress and the cedar are very prominent and it gets rather dry over time. That may be the reason why I think this is the most masculine of all the Hermés Jardin scents, nevertheless perfectly suited for both sexes.

da_markos

my favourite from all "jardin". nil is too femine (but also great), monsun is too salty for me. this one is just perfect - when i smell this i feel like being in old, italian village burn by sun.

kurisu

Unusual and very green.Feel like standing in a real "jardin".This fragrance need times to settle,so don't judge it on the first sniff.IMO it should be categorized as aromatic green than floral aquatic.Smell like herbal garden.Green,fresh,comfort and relax.I would love to the wear this one on casual or vacation day.

Marra

I have heard several times from other people that I smell dill :) I don't think it's a bad thing. The perfume is just so fresh and a bit cold in the beginning. After a while it becomes more floral and warmer. It's careless and off the mainstream. Quite unusual. I never smell it myself, but when i smell my wrist i like it a lot

Aiona

Cedar. Cedar with light florals. An uncommonly woody floral scent that a guy could easily wear as well.

honeydays

An unusual fragrance that I intend to only wear in the summer. Very green, plantlike. But I like it a lot. I bought this in a perfume store and the perfumer advised me to wait past the initial notes as they are quite strong and bizarre. After a few minutes the grassy notes come through.

Bouquet

This is a good daytime, laid-back, outdoorsy scent for summer. Not a romantic scent, but good when hanging out with friends.
It is very fresh smelling. I really like the fig leaf.
It is, however, unisex and would smell great on a man. I like to make it more feminine by layering it with a girlier fig scent.

Vickalena

I could not make a choice between Un Jardin En Mediterranee and Un Jardin sur le Nil (at that time I did not know anything about Hermes).
So, I selected this one, and I really loved it. When I started wearing it, I had a strange feeling - something was missing in this aroma (I suppose, I was longing for more tenderness in perfume). It was disturbing very much - all day long I felt, as if I have forgotten something. Finally I gave up and offered my husband to try this perfume, and on him it works perfectly! I'd say this is beautiful scent, but suits better for men.

This aroma is like fresh wind in the morning, coming from the sea, with splashes of salty water, mixed with aroma of dry grasses of the coast...

deli_s

This is the most intoxicant fragrance for me! I love it! It is like sweet fig jam with few drops of lemon juice ;)

F_A

It is an exotic, fresh perfume which smells like pickeled cucumbers with dill and clove on my skin :) Superb fragrance for summer!

Migotka

Very fresh, but it's too woody and grassy for me- if I wanted to smell of grass, I would have chosen this one for sure.

chance25

My chemistry pulls out the fig leaf in this and it's too much for nose to handle. Even the lotion is strong and woody. More of a manly scent and not much on the light floral aquatic side.

Sovvva

I really like this perfume, but first note seems to me too spicy. Their Un Jardin Sur le Nil is light and extremely modern fragrance!