NEW: Galop d'Hermes

[AntonPan]

The first feminine pillar by Christine Nagel. Rose and leather among the notes.

 

[mikeperez23]

Oh wow

 

[Furriner]

Thanks! I hadn't heard anything about this!

 

[Dane]

I hate the bottle almost as much as I hate the name - how could Hermes fail me so?

 

[thediamondsea]

Roses and leather--nothing I don't like in there . . . .

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

I hate the bottle almost as much as I hate the name - how could Hermes fail me so?

LOL!!! :grin:

Come, come. Hermès only does two kinds of bottles - ridiculously old school or ridiculously funky. Let Hermès be Hermès! :wink:

My wife is into their horsey products almost as much as I'm into their frags. Looks like interbreeding between their current stirrup lineup:

I'd read that Hermès was trying to get back to their equestrian roots. Sure looks that way!

 

[Dane]

LOL!!! :grin:

Come, come. Hermès only does two kinds of bottles - ridiculously old school or ridiculously funky. Let Hermès be Hermès! :wink:

My wife is into their horsey products almost as much as I'm into their frags. Looks like interbreeding between their current stirrup lineup:

I'd read that Hermès was trying to get back to their equestrian roots. Sure looks that way!

True! It's just....SO hideous. I don't think most people (outside of Hermes fans) would see it as a stirrup. Wrong. Just wrong. May as well throw the Voyage bottle in that category as well.

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

True! It's just....SO hideous. I don't think most people (outside of Hermes fans) would see it as a stirrup. Wrong. Just wrong. May as well throw the Voyage bottle in that category as well.

I'm still drawing a blank on the Voyage bottle. The big one reminds me of a Japanese pencil sharpener (the Japanese make *outstanding* pencil sharpeners, BTW). Doubt it's that.

In any case, this fragrance is of extreme interest to me. Please, please, please let it be guy-friendly!!!

 

[kumquat]

Yes, the bottle is really awful. How are you supposed to hold it?

 

[Dane]

I'm still drawing a blank on the Voyage bottle. The big one reminds me of a Japanese pencil sharpener (the Japanese make *outstanding* pencil sharpeners, BTW). Doubt it's that.

In any case, this fragrance is of extreme interest to me. Please, please, please let it be guy-friendly!!!

http://www.basenotes.net/ID26131559.html

I'm just not a fan of useless function in this case - sliding the cover over the sprayer makes it look awkward and weird....like you should be able to push it down to seal it, but you can't.

And what is with Hermes' fascination with putting perfume bottles on necklaces? Do they think someone will wear a perfume bottle? https://fimgs.net/images/perfume/nd.10.jpg

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

http://www.basenotes.net/ID26131559.html

I'm just not a fan of useless function in this case - sliding the cover over the sprayer makes it look awkward and weird....like you should be able to push it down to seal it, but you can't.

And what is with Hermes' fascination with putting perfume bottles on necklaces? Do they think someone will wear a perfume bottle? https://fimgs.net/images/perfume/nd.10.jpg

Found more info on the Voyage bottle:

http://usa.hermes.com/perfumes/to-share/voyage-d-hermes.html

https://hammerandpopsicle.wordpress.com/tag/voyage-dhermes/

I knew it looked like some kind of ultra-modernized steampunk object, or was based on some kind of navigational or cartographic tool. Folding magnifier - OK - got it. LOL! I love those things, but I do find the Voyage bottle mildly annoying in spite of some sort of coolness.

Wearing a perfume bottle? LOL - I think I'm in love with the idea of a woman who would do that! It's like the rapper-necklace version of the scented locket. BNer for sure! :wink:

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

Yes, the bottle is really awful. How are you supposed to hold it?

:shocked:

"Quickly, Mildred - get the docent. That lady looks like she's about to touch the artworks!"

:wink:

 

[cazaubon]

Wow, hideous presentation and the name isn't great either. But will sniff it anyway.

 

[thediamondsea]

Y'all are right; the name is dreadful. What are they smoking at Hermès?

 

[AntonPan]

I'm still drawing a blank on the Voyage bottle. The big one reminds me of a Japanese pencil sharpener (the Japanese make *outstanding* pencil sharpeners, BTW). Doubt it's that.

In any case, this fragrance is of extreme interest to me. Please, please, please let it be guy-friendly!!!

As it is Nagel creation it should be more feminine than any of Ellena's feminine creation. She's not really into unisex.

 

[CookBot]

Found more info on the Voyage bottle:
Folding magnifier - OK - got it. LOL!

Well, dang me. I always thought it was supposed to be a pocket compass. I used to have an antique one with a leather swivel cover that looked just like the Voyage bottle.

Ugly name/bottle notwithstanding, I'm always up for a leathery rose. And with Nagel at the helm, hopefully it'll be meatier than the Ellena products. Always hoping someone will try to recreate Paco Rabanne's La Nuit.

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

Wow, hideous presentation and the name isn't great either. But will sniff it anyway.

I love equestrian gear, but I have to admit that the bottle is still a bit off-putting. It simply looks hard to pick up. It will be very interesting to see it and touch it in real life.

I am assuming that the name also references dance - when I looked up galop, the first thing that pops up is the dance named after the horse's gallop.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galop

Y'all are right; the name is dreadful. What are they smoking at Hermès?

Horsefeathers! :wink:

As it is Nagel creation it should be more feminine than any of Ellena's feminine creation. She's not really into unisex.

Given her past work, I have to agree. She's done a boatload of feminines. I just hope that, since feminine leathers are generally easy for guys to poach, she doesn't go TOO girly on it.

It's really a shame. My wife loves the horse stuff, and she loves rose, but she's generally not a fan of leather, except in MY fragrances.

Well, dang me. I always thought it was supposed to be a pocket compass. I used to have an antique one with a leather swivel cover that looked just like the Voyage bottle.

Ugly name/bottle notwithstanding, I'm always up for a leathery rose. And with Nagel at the helm, hopefully it'll be meatier than the Ellena products. Always hoping someone will try to recreate Paco Rabanne's La Nuit.

Pocket compass actually sounds more like it.

Yes, I agree with the expectation that this will be more substantial - and I hope they let her go there. I own a few of her things, and they are not shy. Hermès could use a bit of that, after years of Ellena transparency.

 

[NebelGeîst]

Well, but she did create some unisex stuff. The lovely Eau de Cartier for example. After a decade or so I might get another bottle of this for summer.

It looks interesting so far, although I'm not sure if fragrantica had full information as I guess there should be other notes as well?
http://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Hermes/Galop-d-Hermes-39584.html

Will try it, but here in Germany it will be at counters a few months later anyway.. Maybe for christmas..

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

Launch picture:

http://www.pictaram.com/media/1282834229214062343_260168082

Bigger bottle picture:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHOiX0eghe9/?tagged=hermès

 

[hednic]

This might actually be something my granddaughter might be interested in.

 

[Oviatt]

Reminds me a line from my favorite poem by Victor Hugo:

".....cet arbre si grand,
Qu’un cheval au galop met, toujours en courant,
Cent ans à sortir de son ombre?"

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

Reminds me a line from my favorite poem by Victor Hugo:

".....cet arbre si grand,
Qu’un cheval au galop met, toujours en courant,
Cent ans à sortir de son ombre?"

Thanks for that. Amazing how much one can learn by tracking down the full context of a single word.

 

[hedonist222]

Marketing strategy (the equestrian theme) to differentiate themselves from the competition.

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

Marketing strategy (the equestrian theme) to differentiate themselves from the competition.

Definitely agreed there. I'm thinking that this strategy might somehow be protective against LVMH takeover, but I'm not sure how that would work.

 

[EMK]

Definitely agreed there. I'm thinking that this strategy might somehow be protective against LVMH takeover, but I'm not sure how that would work.

Although in the last year, LVMH have released this:

 

[NebelGeîst]

Although in the last year, LVMH have released this:

I hated it upon first sniff, smelled like a completely chemical try to re-create an 80's scent.

 

[freewheelingvagabond]

I hate the bottle almost as much as I hate the name - how could Hermes fail me so?

LOL, with my morning eyes I first read Gallop of the Horses.

Can't really be a perfume, can it? Oh wait, it's an Hermes! Close enough!

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

Although in the last year, LVMH have released this:

Perhaps ^^^^ should be interpreted as :tongue: in the direction of "certain companies"! :wink:

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

I hated it upon first sniff, smelled like a completely chemical try to re-create an 80's scent.

I liked it for a while, but there is something truly annoying about it.

 

[EMK]

I liked it for a while, but there is something truly annoying about it.

There really is. I got some flak over in MFD for saying I hated it, but it sticks out like a sore thumb in the Colonia collection.

 

[furrypine]

New from Hermes: Galop D'Hermes

Christine Nagel has taken over the reins at Hermes and has composed "Galop d'Hermès", to be launched in September.


Major notes are Doblis leather, rose, saffron and quince.


Hop over to The Scented Salamander to see the bottle and read more:
http://www.mimifroufrou.com/scentedsalamander/2016/07/hermes_galop_d_hermes.html

 

[du57in]

Re: New from Hermes: Galop D'Hermes

This sounds wonderful. Leather and rose for a first release is a good sign that Hermes will continue to carve its own path in the modern market.

 

[hednic]

Re: New from Hermes: Galop D'Hermes

Perhaps this thread could be merged with: http://www.basenotes.net/threads/424604-NEW-Galop-d-Hermes

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

Re: New from Hermes: Galop D'Hermes

Perhaps this thread could be merged with: http://www.basenotes.net/threads/424604-NEW-Galop-d-Hermes

Will do. Everybody on that other thread will be very interested in this new information!

Edit Note: Done. I left it in feminine because the new info still seems to be showing Hermes considering it as such.

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

There really is. I got some flak over in MFD for saying I hated it, but it sticks out like a sore thumb in the Colonia collection.

It truly does.

I'm starting to see the green bottle as being as much of a warning, or maybe an apology, as "truth in advertising". It did catch my eye, and the atypical scent caught my attention and eventually made me grab a bottle, but after a week's worth of full wears, it just started grating on my nerves. It will become one of my once-in-a-blue-moon scents, but it simply can't be one of my favorites - no way.

I'm very hopeful for this new Hermes - more so after reading some of the background on Scented Salamander. It looks like they're aiming it to be a "poachable feminine" - and Hermes does those well.

 

[rulopbo]

Agree with the comments about the bottle... Bad concept IMO but interested in future male releases...

 

[mikeperez23]

I like the bottle

 

[Redneck Perfumisto]

I like the bottle

It's definitely growing on me. That picture really shows it off nicely. :happy:

 

[Starblind]

Has anyone tried this yet?

It's available in Paris, so I'm assuming it's hit some other places, as well.

I'd love to know what any of you think of it!

 

[AntonPan]

At a whole the new Galop smells as a leathery lighter version of Lancome Magnifique that was discontinued some years ago.

I can't say this is really something new for Hermes. Not a new a style, not far from Jour d'Hermes in terms of overall perception. Christine Nagel just rethought what J-C Ellena already created.

Galop is airy, leathery and spicy. Not sweet absolutely. I do smell leather of Cuir d'Ange, fresh spiceness and roses Lancome Magnifique and ISO e super mixed together. Mature and beautiful, if you like leather.