Le Jardin de Monsieur Li 
Hermès (2015)

I find myself completely confounded by this fragrance. It's so transparent and aqueous, so flowing and diaphanous that I can't catch any one scent.

So I wait a few minutes and try again.

And...douse myself in the entire decant, skin and clothing.

Now I get something.

Thick powdery musk in the base, definitely some floral accord that I'm not used to with the Jardin series.
Golden-ambery honey flowing like mana and sharply dry, crisp paper. Mayhap some cantaloupe or citrus? It's calming. I immediately thought of an arid, desolate desert...and an oasis flowing with cooling water and shade.
It's neither sweet nor dry...rather oddly balanced.

I do like it. There's something holding me back from love though, maybe the flower note. I still prefer sur le Nil and en Méditerranée. Those two aren't nearly as floral.

The yellow bottle is a good choice for this scent - it does feel the sunniest in the Jardin series. Also one of the loveliest. A bit fruity. A hint of floral greenness, light, airy. Uplifting. There's something in the scent that reminds me of dandelions a bit. Yeah, the dandelion flowers in the spring field!

I'm still giving this fragrance a thumbs-up even though it's my least favorite so far of the Le Jardin fragrances. I absolutely love Un Jardin Sur Le Nil and Un Jardin Sur Le Toit. As for Le Jardin de Monsieur Li, I just like it. There's a sharpness to the opening that's not present in the others. It must be the Sichuan pepper, though I wasn't able to identify the specific note. I like when it mellows into a grassy floral and the way it fades.

Like a tender kiss. This is the type of scents you'll only give when you're in love. A fragrance that conveys a feeling of happiness and serenity to all. Depicting a garden of citrus and jasmine in the coasts of the mediterranean. Really poetic, soft, dandy, ideal for those who love intense green notes.

Simple and beautiful. Perfect when you want a sniff of pure sunshine during cold winter months, or as a pick me up scent in summer. The scent opens up very citrusy but quickly developes on the floral side. A hint of mint lies in the background and the drydown is lovely and warm on me. I can feel the unisex vibe but it is very subtle, just perfect.

Affordable, sparkling, lively, crisp, clean, effortlessly luxurius everyday fragrance. Not recomended for a night out. I'd prefer wearing it in spring or summer in the morning at work. Mostly floral/ citrusy/green. Green in a non sporty way though.

I told Mr. Li
His soap garden is quite fine
But I don't want one

I found his garden
Strangely contemplative but
A challenge to walk

The beauty of plates
Washed in a field in China
On a bright spring day

A burst of tulips
In an oil-sheened puddle on
A treacherous trail

Still smelling the soup
That odd foreign concoction
That I almost liked

That day they performed
"Memories of Surfactants"
At our conference

I kept wishing for
Somebody to get naked
But not Mr. Li

Or as we called him
Back in our undergrad days
Mister Lithium

And got to thinking
Damn, this post-modernism
Actually works

Although perhaps not
In ways the post-modernists
Ever intended

Wondering now if
Art and Science intersect
Or just hide the null

And so I recall
At the strangest of moments
For oddest reasons

Such as when I hear
Or even think of some term
Like "dishwater blonde"

The beauty of when
We bid Monsieur Li adieu
And they locked us out.