Hermès · Christine Nagel

H24

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Enveloping, herbal clary sage over a dense green oakmoss, warmed by the faintly metallic glow of sclarene.

Hermès says

You’ll smell clary sage, oak moss and sclarene.

More from Hermès’s description

It also mentions Sage, Moss, Narcissus and Rosewood.

The house’s page

The drawn H24 bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

H24’s scent picture, a draft: clary sage, oakmoss, sclarene, sage, narcissus, rosewood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

H24, top notes: Sage, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

H24, heart: Clary sage, Rosewood, Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

H24, dry-down: Oakmoss, Sclarene, Narcissus, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

11 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet1 spices1 earth & moss

6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Fakhar BlackLattafa · shares clary sage, oakmoss and sageabout $29 for 100 ml · about a tenth of H24’s $137
Eternity for MenCalvin Klein · shares sage and rosewood$120 for 100 ml · about half of H24’s $137
Gentleman SocietyGivenchy · shares sage and narcissus$162 for 100 ml · about half of H24’s $137
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.