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Un Jardin en Méditerranée
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Un Jardin en Méditerranée by Hermès is an aquatic floral fragrance for men and women. Launched in 2003, the nose behind this composition is Jean-Claude Ellena. The top notes are bergamot, lemon, and mandarin; the heart notes are orange blossom and white jasmine; and the base notes are fig leaves, cypress, red cedar, juniper, pistachio, and musk.
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If I could, I’d have all the Hermès Jardin fragrances; I like them all, but if I have to choose just one, I’d stick with this. I agree it has the best longevity and projection. For me, it’s an endearing freshness and delicacy… it’s one of the safe bets to include in my collection soon.
Quite citrusy and intense but without losing freshness; it’s a fragrance with a soapy citrus aroma, has a slightly earthy note, but despite this, it doesn’t lose its freshness. From the Jardins de Hermès line, this is the one with the best longevity and projection.
I still don’t know if I like it or not. It smells very familiar, like a Mediterranean garden, but to my nose, it smells like that garden scorched by the sun, dusty aromatic herbs. It makes me feel hot; it reminds me of my grandmother’s garden in August when the gardener was on vacation.
I love it: it’s super fresh and citrusy without falling into the typical cologne trap, plus it’s the most masculine of the entire Jardins de Hermès line. It’s definitely worth owning.
The brochure says it’s a tribute to the Mediterranean, an emotional and olfactory journey to a garden by the sea, with fig, juniper, red cedar, bergamot, jasmine, and oleander. The first time I smelled it, I remembered a Mediterranean path by the sea, which brought me good memories and well-being. Now that I own it, I sense more bergamot than I’d like, since I don’t like it to dominate; that’s why I’d prefer it in cool weather, because with heat, the citrus notes feel piercing. Otherwise, it’s fantastic. I’m very happy and looking forward to completing the collection with Un Jardin Sur Le Toit.
Azuriiita gifted me a decant, and the first thing that hooked me was the strong and divine basil aroma. Wow! For moments, I thought only of that; it’s a fragrance that revolves around basil. In my house, I have basil and tomato plants, and I think Aquaura is right when she said it smells like tomato leaves, pepper, and fresh basil with typical Hermès citrus. For me, the citrus note is a sour cocktail, neither orange nor tangerine separately. Basil isn’t in the official notes, but I infer it’s the fig leaves, a plant I know but didn’t remember the smell of. It smells like a fresh forest, shrubs, peripheral city areas, not a jungle. I also think it relaxes, lulls you, is ideal for meditation or aromatherapy; it transports you to distant lands and ancient civilizations. It could be unisex, I wouldn’t mind wearing it. PS: Thanks Azuriiita for the decant.
An exquisite smell, more suited for a lady than a gentleman. Like no other fragrance, I loved it at first for being intense and rich. At first, I perceived it as citrus and floral, a masterpiece by Hermès, but as it dried on my skin, it shifted significantly towards the feminine. I have no problem with that masculine or feminine thing; in fact, I used Dior Midnight Poison and it’s one of my favorite night scents. Getting back to the point, the drydown is too sweet and cloying on my skin. Maybe I should give it another chance before saying no; it’s an unparalleled scent.
What an incredible scent! The only downside is that it evaporates quickly on my skin. Lasts about 3 hours with low sillage, which is why I haven’t bought it yet. What a pity… Update 11/03/2016: For me, it’s the best scent in warm climates I’ve tried. Orange, tangerine, fig leaves, pistachio, cypress… it’s fresh and addictive. Performance in heat was better than other times, but it still doesn’t reach 6 hours, and that’s a fundamental requirement for me, especially given the price. My rating is 8.5 out of 10 (would be 10 with better longevity).
I haven’t worn this fragrance for a year, and upon returning to it, precious memories of those days came flooding back. They say remembering is living again, but with a scent, the experience feels even more real. In summary, after getting to know the four of the Les Jardins collection well (excluding Après la mousson), I believe En Méditerranée is the best in the saga. It fills me with joy, evokes relaxed sophistication, and feels like a vacation in an exotic paradise. It smells natural, almost rustic, highlighting figs not as leaves but as fruit, very faithful to the point that I can almost imagine the texture of eating them, like that typical Mexican dessert I love so much. It’s sweet, light, citrusy, damp like a garden freshly watered, herbal, and floral. Before, I hesitated due to comments calling it weird or feminine, but now I want it for sure. It’s not better or worse than Ninfeo Mio, but each has its own style. My only complaint: on my skin, after 3 hours, it evolves strangely and becomes nonsensical, although on blotter paper, that doesn’t happen.
It’s hesperidic, watery, with light herbal touches. Very easy to wear. Although it lacks great fixation or sillage, it’s perfect for summer days.
I liked it; it smells like an uncommon herbal garden. I detected a touch of tobacco and something like barley, plus the fresh scent of pines—here, probably cypress. The citrus is there, but not the star; what shines is the greenness. It’s minimalist like the other Ellena scents, but packed with essence. Longevity is respectable, around 8 hours with good presence.
I heard it in the mall among several Hermes bottles, and it was the one I liked most. These are special perfumes, very different from American ones. It smells incredibly natural, spaced out, and lasted me over 7 hours. The sillage is moderate and then fades. I liked it more than Li, but I’ve already run out.
Citrusy and green opening with a dry pistachio touch. At first, it smells like fig tree and citrus—energetic and revitalizing, like a real Mediterranean garden. In the background, there are flowers, especially a subtle orange blossom note. It’s not floral, but the notes are there. Gradually, it loses its spark: the citrus fades and the fig loses its punch. Once it settles on the skin, the whole thing becomes bland and undefined, like a wilted garden. I see it as unisex and summery. The performance is among the best in the line, though not miraculous. It leaves me torn: I love the opening but get bored by the dry down. I’d wear it but wouldn’t buy it.
Un Jardin en Méditerranée is a work of art. It’s the first, the most cheerful and luminous in the line, and probably the best family in terms of scent-to-performance ratio. The scent doesn’t follow the theoretical pyramid: the opening is warm and sweet, not sharp, with flowers like oleander or orange blossom and a hint of fig. There’s a powdery floral note that adds an earthy, slightly mossy vibe, present from the start through the heart, but it softens after two or three hours. The dry down is exquisite, sensual, and addictive, with moderate sweetness and notes of cedar, juniper, and musk. It seems simple but has real personality, and its greatest strength is longevity—you can still smell it hours later. Impressive performance for an aquatic scent. Highly recommended, ideal for summer because it’s fresh, bright, and festive. Scent: 8/10, Sillage: 6/10, Longevity: 8/10, Versatility: 8/10.
I’m a huge fig fan and keep this alongside Ninfeo Mio and Dune; all three have strong personalities. Ninfeo is more sophisticated, Dune sharper and greener, while this Hermes one is citrusy and floral with a slightly sweet fig note. The opening is impactful—the best phase—but in summer it wears well and stays natural until the end. From Hermes, this is my favorite and the only one I’ve bought.
It’s like standing under a fig tree at sunset in summer. The leaf, wood, and fruit really shine through, with a sweet, woody character. It’s Mediterranean nature in a bottle—more woody than the others and with a stronger masculine edge. It’s the most intense, ideal for fig lovers.
What a gem! Fresh, sweet, and relaxing—perfect for unisex without feeling masculine. It takes you from the city straight to nature: trees, water, breeze, herbs, and flowers. The first hour is pure heaven, though it doesn’t last long. It exceeded my expectations in scent, but fails on longevity.
I tried it yesterday and absolutely loved it. It’s my favorite garden, right up there with Li. Smells like fresh tomato—very natural and effortless, perfect for unisex wear. I’ll keep testing it to describe it better.
I love green and earthy perfumes, but this smells like freshly cut grass—no sweetness, no florals. If you’re looking for something feminine, forget it. Plus, it disappears in seconds, so the price isn’t justified.
I love it for being a natural, herbaceous, and earthy scent, but I’m very annoyed by the poor longevity. It’s a Hermès, and given the price and the house, I expected better performance. On my skin it lasts a maximum of two hours, and I don’t think I’ll buy it again.
A great scent that was my signature for two summers. It starts with natural citrus and a strong earthy bitterness, then softens leaving a mineral touch with the fig as the protagonist. I don’t usually complain about longevity, but this dropped at the second hour, and although it reached 6 or 7 hours, only at skin level. Cheers.
It’s an incredible scent, high quality and very well blended. It has dry citruses, as if they had a layer of papyrus, unisex and elegant. Many niche perfumes fall short compared to this. Its only flaw is longevity: about 5 hours on skin and then goodbye. Like many Ellena perfumes, delicate things don’t last, but if it conveys all the beautiful colors of the world, I suppose it’s worth it.
Every time I use it, I feel like opening a window to the sea; it’s pure energy, freshness, and vitality that elevates the soul. I love how the citrus and floral notes are so well balanced. For me, the subtlety of a scent is what matters most, because the emotions it provokes are worth more than the price.
It dazzled me in the store and I bought it instantly, but reality has disappointed me: for 90€, I expected a Hermès to last longer, and on my skin it barely reaches an hour. The moment of applying it is magical, but it’s not worth paying that much to smell it so little. If anyone knows something with better longevity, please help me.
The only one in the ‘Les Jardins’ series that’s wearable. I like Un Jardin Sur Le Nil, but on my skin it smells like Vitamin C tablets from the Flintstones and vanishes instantly. This one also has that Vitamin C hint, with a grapefruit base that’s woody and more rooty: a mix of citrus, woody, and herbal notes that reads like a book on fig leaves, juniper, and cypress. It smells like woody green figs over damp earth and a bluish-green juniper with juniperberry, giving a precious fruity-green tone mixed with that fig that’s more vineyard than fruit. The jasmine is an Ellena touch, my favorite flower; when the Calima wind made those bushes dance, their sweet, musky scent mixed with sandy dust, smelling wild and divine. The perfume fades in intensity, dropping quickly from the green crest, smelling more medicinal and mineral, as if you’re near the ground feeling the petrichor. I like its intense heart phase better, when you feel you can catch the scent of a fig forest in a grapefruit cup. It doesn’t last long or project far; it’s a one-feather bird, but it’s so beautiful in its emerald iridescence that I prefer looking at it to the boring plumages on the shelves. P.S.: Over time, the liquid darkens, an excellent sign of having many natural notes oxidizing, just like old perfumes with an amber vermouth tone.
Beautiful! I loved the Sur le Nil version and wanted to try the others. I tried Sur Le Toit, very mentholated but it didn’t conquer me. Then I tried this Jardin En Mediterranee; I like it more than Sur Le Toit, but less than Sur le Nil (this one is gorgeous). Maybe it has a slightly more masculine touch, though it’s unisex; on my skin, the juniper stands out, which smells like a man to me (my dad used juniper cologne), but it’s delicious. Ideal for spring/summer, its freshness brings life. The problem is it doesn’t last long: potent for an hour and a half, then it stays very close to the skin. Given the price, that’s something to keep in mind.
Magnificent perfume, undoubtedly my favorite from the Gardens collection. I have the luck of growing up and living surrounded by orchards with orange trees, lemon trees, fig trees, and flowers. This aroma instantly transports you to a sunny morning in those places and puts a smile on your face every time you wear it. Happiness in a bottle.
A total disappointment. The scent shocks and disgusts me. I hate it; it smells dirty and dry, neither versatile nor youthful. If you’re looking for something like Light Blue—fresh and juicy—this is miles away. The opening even gives me nausea. I love that others enjoy it, but unfortunately, it’s not my case.
I’m heartbroken by the reformulation. It was an incredible classic fifteen years ago until I gifted myself three bottles. Three years ago, the series came back with this one in 10ml, but it smells different now—it’s not the same and it doesn’t last like before. Reformulations are killing good perfumes.
This is a woody floral that opens with a very green, astringent, and woody fig leaf accord. Alongside it, you can detect a hint of dried fruit and a floral scent I can’t quite identify, but it’s not an indolic neroli nor feminine, but rather a bouquet of flowers that are not yet mature. Over time, the citrus notes become more noticeable, settling into a subtly musky floral scent and green woods, highlighting the cypress and juniper. Of all the Hermès gardens, this is probably the most subtle, realistic, and far from the fresh and humid concept the line tries to evoke. The first time I tried it was a couple of years ago at Rome airport, in full July at 35ºC. I remember spraying it just once on the neck (Hermès atomizers are among the best), and a familiar scent immediately took me to the Ligurian Riviera. It’s impossible for someone who grew up by the Mediterranean not to smile: this scent is too familiar, it smells like summer vacations; but beware, UJeM is not fresh, not sweetly floral, nor juicy citrus: it is astringent and dry, reminding you of the smell of hot land shaded by pine forests, olive trees, and fig trees by the sea, where the scent of oleander and other not particularly fragrant flowers dances in the air thanks to the Sirocco. If you want to smell pretty and coquettish, this isn’t for you. However, if you want the olfactory version of the famous Serrat song, look no further. Just in case it wasn’t clear, I love this perfume. It’s totally unisex, elegant (not formal), and sober, and I see it as the perfect companion from spring to autumn for any occasion that isn’t formal (personally, I think it shines above all in my night outings near the beach). My partner considers it my best perfume from an artistic point of view, and despite not finding it sexy, they stick to me every time I wear it. I already consider it a 10 without needing anything, but if you want to amplify the fig scent, using it in layering with Philosykos is pure glory. Thanks Ellena for this marvel. Pleasant: 10/10 Interesting: 10/10 Versatile: 8/10 Original: 8/10
A typical example of fragrances categorized as unisex that actually have very masculine notes, at least for my nose and taste for the feminine. Astringent, dry, potent; it opens with intense and too acidic citrus; the scarce flowers are absorbed by the green and woody base phase. Tonic and fresh throughout its evolution, with juniper very present, it’s a perfume of wind, waves, and tides. It doesn’t evoke a romantic Mediterranean in postcards of white flowers, but rather the strength and courage of navigating open sea. Any resemblance to Light Blue? Nothing to do with it; it goes in a different direction.
Hermès gardens may have improvable performance or a high price… but the sparkle that most offer, the look of surprise you get when you discover their nuances, and the seal that is visible on them… is something that many perfumes on the shelves cannot match. End of review hehe.
The Hermès Gardens may have improvable performance and a high price… but the sparkle they offer, the look of surprise you get when discovering some nuances, and the seal they bear… is something many perfumes on the shelves can’t match. End of review hehe.
One of the richest gardens. For me, it’s the only one that could be considered somewhat masculine. Relaxing, with those green notes of a garden on the edge of the Mediterranean.
Dry, unisex, fresh, woody… people have asked me if it has patchouli 🤷🏼♀️. Very delicious, not something to buy blindly. It’s in the style of the delicious Chloe Naturelle Vert.
Poetry made into perfume. An evocative fragrance like few others. Bravo to J.C. Ellena for this perfume!
It smells very, very good. Every Christmas, whenever I went to El Corte Inglés, I would try it; it’s a delightful green scent with just the right amount of citrus, with immense quality, typical of Hermès. At the duty-free in Barajas, I chose it to apply and take on a 12-hour flight, and it lasted the entire trip and more. Spectacular.
I simply love it. I bought it years ago in Paris, and every time I smell it, it brings back so many memories. For me, it’s vibrant and expressive, with so many scents that together… they just make me smile. It’s a pity that in my country it’s almost impossible to find.
I just bought it and atomized it for the first time, and what a disaster 😔. The projection lasts only 10 minutes; everything happens in that time. By 30 minutes, it’s already a hard-to-notice residual scent, and don’t even talk about the trail. The quality of the scent has changed drastically: before, all the notes were super realistic; now, nothing feels real. The DNA is the same, but this one used to captivate because of its realism. I agree with @Aromadicto: current formulas are a disaster. This used to last days on clothes or paper when I first met Flagrancia (2014); it kept its dry-down and the scent remained present. It never had great projection, but it had decent longevity and beastly quality… it’s not like that anymore. Bad luck for Hermès; they should at least announce they’re selling a new formula (like “Formula 2020”) because this is basically a dupe of itself. It’s incredible that it lasts so little with regular ingredients and an extremely high price in Mexico (it costs what $160, bordering on a scam). Beyond the price, the scent no longer has the quality or evocative magic of before 💔. I do not recommend buying. Of this saga, only the recent Sur la Lagune and Cythere are worth it, with decent performance and quality. The rest share the same characteristics: low quality, weird nuances due to poor quality, and bad performance.
To me, Un Jardin en Méditerranée is like opening a window to an unforgettable summer. I’ve tried others in the collection, like Sur le Nil or Cytheré, but this one has something special that makes it more versatile. Its citrus notes are natural and well-crafted, with a bitter touch that avoids the artificial sweetness found in other perfumes. That initial freshness makes me think of a sunny day by the sea, with the breeze mixing with the light. Over time, the fragrance changes in a almost poetic way: the fig note emerges, which is the soul of the perfume. It makes me feel under a large fig tree, in a corner between the forest and the sea, on those first days of summer when everything seems possible. The juniper adds a slightly masculine touch, setting it apart from other unisex scents in the line. Although its longevity was disappointing in my batch (it fades in four hours and needs reapplication), it doesn’t detract from its complexity. The dry down is sensual and astringent, with comforting wood and bitterness. It’s as if each layer tells a personal story. It’s a sensory experience that, although it doesn’t last long, connects intimately with the memory of a past summer. For me, it’s for special moments, when I want to let myself be carried away by the magic of a unique, fleeting instant that leaves a lasting mark.