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Persolaise Review: Galop D'Hermès from Hermès

(Christine Nagel; 2016)

I am a four-time Jasmine Award

winning writer and amateur perfumer
with a lifelong interest in the world of
fine fragrance.

I have written for The Sunday Times,

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If Galop D'Hermès were a painting, it would be Two Dancers In The been recommended by the Financial
Studio by Degas. Times, the BBC, The Guardian, The
If it were a piece of music, it would be Opening Titles from Michael Observer, Die Zeit and several other
Nyman's Carrington soundtrack. publications.
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The link between symmetry, bottles and perfume is so well established, it
can justifiably be taken for granted and pushed to one side. But I was To read my award winning London
reminded of its enduring validity when faced with a flacon shaped like a Perfume Shopping Guide , please
stirrup. The wishbone-like structure is reminiscent of that other paragon click here.
of symmetry, the isosceles triangle, as well as a pair of scales, in
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I wonder if Christine Nagel was aware of what the bottle for the
otherwise. All rights reserved.
new Galop from Hermès was going to be when she composed the
perfume. Or maybe the flacon was inspired by the scent? Either way,
As featured by
what we have here is a soul-soothing exercise in harmony: the most
delicate tug-of-war between a rose and a leather, with the two
supporting each other as much as trying to outdo each other. You could
read all sorts of significance into the choice of the materials (my favourite
theory is that represents Jean-Claude Ellena handing over the reins to
Nagel: the masculine making way for the feminine) but don't let any of
that navel-gazing get in the way of the composition's beauty. The florals
are fully-fleshed, blushing and wind-swept (but maybe a touch too
synthetic?), whilst the tannery facet is injected with the same inky,
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petroleum energy that fuelled Cuir D'Ange. And between them we have a
bridge of luminous, green citrus, just on the edge of perception, uniting
the opposite poles, like a pair of reins bringing a rider in contact with a
steed. But which of the two is in control? Galop never quite lets you
decide.

[Review based on a sample of extrait provided by Hermès in 2016] ---

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