Twilly d’Hermes

I’m still working on the Colour Theory post. I’ll get there – probably a couple more weeks.

Happy May.

We’ve had glorious weather in the past week: warm and sunny, with only one day verging on hot. Really proper spring in the mid-70s. I mowed the lawn, which I’d been putting off, touched up some interior wall areas with paint that have been crying for it, and did some repainting around the new bathroom vanity (which is so so much better than the previous one).

The tulips are finishing up, with the two large black ones staying the course longer than anyone else. I can’t remember what I planted in that trough except that it was mostly tulips. You’d think I’d learn and label, but no.

The lily of the valley is up, but like last year, I’ve only got one flower stalk. I thank it every day. I will transplant everything this year with the hope that new soil and some food will mean more flowers next spring.

And, I had my first appointment for the braces on my lower teeth last week. The orthodontist stuck gooey purple stuff in my mouth to make moulds of the teeth as they are now. We discussed which tooth will come out in mid-May and how they will adhere the braces on lower teeth in early June.

On that trip into town I was able to drench myself in Hermes Twilly which I noted fairly recently I had liked on a quick spray and sniff a bit ago, but particularly I liked the bottle and the bowler hat presentation.

Now I can say I actually quite enjoy the perfume.

Launched in 2017 (March wrote about it here), Fragrantica calls this a floral: simple.
The nose for this was Christine Nagel and the notes are ginger, bitter orange, bergamot, tuberose, orange blossom, jasmine, sandalwood and vanilla. Pretty straight-forward and straight-forwardly pretty.

This is incredibly enjoyable. The ginger keeps it from being too sweet or juicy up top.

As it develops, it’s quite close to the skin on me. The orange blossom comes out more strongly, along with the jasmine — a pretty, soapy version. I don’t really get tuberose in the way you do in tuberose-centric fragrances.

The drydown is gentle vanilla-sandalwood.

It’s not terribly long-lived, but you could probably spray this till the cows come home and it wouldn’t be offensive.

I think the marketing guff is sort of silly: A free-spirited and daring (not to my mind) fragrance woven with striking ginger and delicate tuberose (don’t view tuberose as delicate, but that’s me).

If I were buying (which I’m still not – see teeth above) I would probably get this for the presentation. I really like looking at the bottle with that whimsical hat.

This is one of those mainstream fragrances that rises above the noise. It’s a good, solidly made spring juice that I imagine would get compliments for being just that: not deeply challenging, not interesting because it’s strange. Just really attractive and enjoyable.

Pics: Wiki, pexels and mine