Hermès and the Memory of Faraway Lands
- Editor @ La Page M
- Jul 15
- 1 min read
The Hermessence collection by Hermès is a quiet geography of scent, each composition a crossroad between memory and material. Established in 2004, this body of work has always rejected the expected, focusing instead on encounters: between ingredients, continents, and time.
With a renewed chapter under the name Spices from Faraway, Hermès revisits the ancient language of spice not for its exoticism, but for its emotional heat.
The latest Hermessence scents unfold like unfinished poems: Myrrhe Églantine juxtaposes a wild dog rose with myrrh's dry warmth. Épice Marine travels from kitchen to coastline in a wind of cardamom, cumin, and Jamaican chili. Poivre Samarcande swirls with black pepper and oakmoss—a dry, smoked corridor toward Samarkand. In Cardamusc, powdery musk meets cardamom at its most alive.
