Two Old Men Discuss Eau d'Hermes for Half an Hour

WARNING: THIS VIDEO IS LONG AND MAY BE CONSIDERED EXTREMELY BORING.
But ya know what? Eau d'Hermes is an absolute gem.
If you know, you know. If you don't, then you need to find out.
Thanks, as always.
Thomas' channel: / @earlygreek4594
My IG: / aetherealist_

[@RichMitch]

I need this, both the video and the scent

[@RichMitch]

The comm needs more of this

[@theaetherealist]

Local pickup only

[@robes08]

I can watch these two talk perfumes all day.

[@theaetherealist]

The feeling is mutual!

[@justaddlight]

If you thought, that I would sit here, for 30 minutes, and listen to this entire conversation......well I did. And it was very insightful. Thank you.

[@TheTopNote]

I’m here for the quips, the comedy, the passion and the scents. This makes me happy 🤗

[@itskyyuuuu]

This was better than any top 10 video possibly ever.

[@JONATHAN-db2ry]

Great conversation gents. ✌

[@RichMitch]

I'm back here. This is what the plague has really robbed us of, this level of discussion

[@BobbyDior]

you guys are heavy, man...I mean, you're out there, deep. ...just for this, I will wear my Sample of Epice Marine ( I no have the Eau). This, is what is so good about our community and sitting back, and just listening to the "passion"...For me, anyway. Hermes it is, for today!

[@EastMontana1]

For something created in 1951 is a masterpiece that keeps on going. (Either hate or love it) There is no middle ground. One of the last houses in the world that still keeps their standers. (We will see for how long since LVMH is taking over it, slowly)….. Some say: There are perfumes, and there is Hermès. ( Yes, they are different due to their age, where and how they were kept and time of production.)

[@gail3633]

My favourite version of a G & T 💜

[@jeremyhinze8837]

Literally on the edge of my seat the entire 30 mins.....I'm exhausted.

[@theaetherealist]

So this could’ve been the latest entry in the Fast and Furious franchise?

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

There have been about a score truly great perfumers of the past two centuries. Of these, around a full dozen ascended to the very pinnacle of their craft, and perhaps half that number were geniuses. I consider Ernest Beaux, the two Guerlains (J & J-P), and Edmond Roudnitska to have been preeminent among them - what I like to call “The Four Evangelists” of twentieth century perfumery. All produced a series of legendary masterpieces, but to me, Roudnitska’s ‘Eau d’ Hermès’ (1951) is undoubtedly the greatest.

[@oolongoolong789]

It's Edmond not Edward...I bought a bottle of this fragrance about 20 years ago but I've only been brave enough to wear it a few times in public. It's definitely a fascinating creation, though in my opinion the sweaty cumin note is too strong and therefore likely to be misunderstood...

[@TAM-mj9lb]

Bravo - You are addressing what is at the very heart of the almost inexplicable olfactory love story - namely what specific scents evoke in terms of ethereal feelings/ambiance and memories... it is like a journey back through our lives and the very moments captured by those scents.

[@brunogiambroni1422]

19:00 Thomas giving everyone a Philosophy 101 class

[@stjudetheobscure]

My father (94), was showing me his small collection of scents last week and it contained a splash on bottle of E d’H from the 90’s (barely used), along with an equally venerable bottle of Orange Vert... Update: He’s blackmailing me! He promises not to use them if I buy him a bottle of something ‘modern’ - Any suggestions for a very active nonagenarian?

[@lovrogrcar9136]

What did you get him? :)

[@zenos.5315]

Always a mind altering experience with you gents, I’ll stick with my Bel Ami, Thank yo

[@andrewbhurvitz6298]

Great observation that a perfume cannot be "dated" except in the subjectivity of someone's nose. So that would make the common pejorative, "Old Lady Smell" interesting to hear in 2050.

[@pixieandthenotes]

The beginning is absolutely adorable :) I agree with everything you said, but I have a confession to make.....It might change everything ...I have never tried Eau d'Hermes

[@theaetherealist]

Oooh...if you love Declaration, lemme tell you, you’re gonna flip...maybe not instantly, but it will happen.

[@pixieandthenotes]

@@theaetherealist That's my task or the future, sniff this asap.

[@Gonzalo_K]

The 30 minute long video we didn't know we needed

[@michaelnamikas8184]

I wish Hermès still sold this in the United States

[@anotherfragrancereviewer4932]

We need more titles like this

[@western-oud1898]

If only there was a way of bottling Thomas's reaction to perfume..

[@micahcshoemaker]

Such a good discussion, warranted a 2nd watch. I’ll have to find a bottle. Need to make this into a formatted series

[@theaetherealist]

I’m honored you made it through one viewing, let alone two! Thanks!

[@justaddlight]

19:57 The hoochie look.

[@pixieandthenotes]

And the title is GOLD!

[@theaetherealist]

Gotta keep it real...and I’m finding that these idiotic titles seem to bring in the views.

[@hicap06]

Ok Galen, you two have peaked my interest. A bottle of this is on the way from ebay.. Stay tuned.

[@theaetherealist]

Whoa! Fingers crossed.

[@hicap06]

@@theaetherealist The bottle arrived 3 days ago (batch code = 2016 manufacture year, black cap/orange label). I am impressed. This does not smell like a 1951 fragrance at all. This is a real "chameleon" on my skin. The opening citrus is verrrry nice indeed. But the late dry down of this amazing. I can completely agree with your analogy of this being a "blueprint" of future fragrances. The longevity is a bit short on my skin ( or I become anosmic to it) at about 5 hours. I actually layered Hermes eau tres fraiche on top if it at around 6 hours and it was a great thing indeed. This certainly could be off-putting to many noses that doing like the "body odor" phase in the early stages. A big thumbs up from me for this one. (Now, I need to hunt for a vintage bottle..... )

[@cheapimitation2242]

I loved this! We are really on the same wave length, I had the same thought about Epice Marine and Ellena's style being shaped by Eau d'Hermes.

[@wendisparadeofperfumes5034]

How did I miss this? I just bought this classic Hermès ♥️♥️♥️

[@JT_621]

Why does Thomas look so ashamed in the beginning? 😅

[@theaetherealist]

Because he sheepishly admits to owning 900 ml of the stuff!🤗

[@KontrolledKaoz]

Enjoyed this thoroughly.... Great content. Bring Thomas back.....

[@jimr880]

Holy Crap, that's a buttload of Eau d'Hermes, spreading the gamut of the past few decades. Okay, I spend many years sniffing at the Hermes store in Northern VA...prior to their moving their store to DC after a rent dispute. Regardless, as much as I've sniffed, enjoyed, and owned several from this house, I've never actually put my nose on Eau d'Hermes. Sad, but true! Anyway, I gotta get a bottle one of these days, for sure. Anyway, only real fragheads can discuss the merits of a fragrance for 30-minutes and get into philosophy behind the scent. We're such as a sad and pathetic bunch....but love it. LOL!

[@mattwright9596]

I want to see this conversation happening on a front porch. Perhaps on a couple of rocking chairs. Bonus points for a Thomas pipe smoking relapse. Double bonus points if that somehow spreads to Galen and it becomes two men (who are probably younger than me) in rocking chairs on the front porch smoking pipes discussing the meaning of Eau D'Hermes for half an hour. Quadruple bonus points if the honorrific "Pappy" is applied to one or both men.

[@gunmetal2445]

I love the plastic mini! If only I can find it somewhere in my place.

[@thetrueconnoisseur]

This is the content I crave.

[@perroli]

We need a new collab.

[@Scriptadiaboly]

lol, what a naming 💪😅

[@arnold1446]

I've been curious about Eau d'Hermes for a while now, and ordinarily I would've risked a blind buy already, but the talk of the cumin-heavy reformulation has kept me from pulling the trigger. I like cumin in fragrances, I like it a lot, but I like it used judiciously and sparingly. Declaration, for instance, is essentially cumin and nothing else on my skin. I know it's a complex scent and there are many notes, but on me they all seem to be in support of that body odor accord. How does Eau d'Hermes, current formulation or otherwise, compare to Declaration in terms of scent profile? Thanks for the great video chaps!

[@darryl2542]

To my nose, Declaration has the suggestion of cumin (I think it's heavier on cardamom and ginger, frankly), but Eau d'Hermes has full-on cumin, vivid and realistic, and a strong, sweaty cedar accord. Eau d'Hermes smells like Declaration needs a shower, lol. I own and love both, but if Declaration was too much body odor for you I'd steer clear of Ed'H, unless you can easily sample it before buying.

[@arnold1446]

@@darryl2542 Thanks for the info! I love sweaty funky scents, but I tend to prefer the funk coming from animalics more than cumin, cardamom etc. Appreciate your helpful description!

[@lipa8915]

have either of you smelled une fluer de cassie? it was one of my first loves in perfume and later when i smelled eau d’hermes I had the impression that UFdC was almost like a floral riff on EdH. to me there is something so similar about the construction of these two fragrances even if the materials and notes are quite dissimilar.

[@kamest]

"Edward Roudnitska"

[@campnou69]

To me, Eau de Hermes smells like if someone had been working all day under the sun doing construction work, and has not had a bath in the last 2 days. A captivating, hypersexual fragrance that reminds me of "David" by Michaelangelo

[@FFOGHORN]

I have a bottle direct from Hermes. Rather than the copper cap, my bottle has a clear cap. What do I have? All I know is the dry down is absolutely extraordinary; I start smelling myself like some sort of creepy guy. There is nothing quite like it. I did read somewhere that real civet is illegal in the US, so newer formulations have that adjusted? Not sure about the validity of that.

[@jonasscopel]

Where is Thomas? I couldn't find his videos on his channel...

[@lineplanevolume]

I finally got my first bottle (newest reformulation). I love it, but still want to get ahold of one of the older bottles. I'll be good at 200-MLs (I think). :)

[@aromafromheaven]

Fantastic video..does anyone know where can I find a splash bottle of this gem??Thanks guys awesome review

[@LEgoiste]

One on ebay from Greece, in a travel pack with Hermes Cologne both 100mls.

[@harles1561]

Great discussion but...You guys didn’t tell me anything! (Jokes) I think I could only pull this one off if I was wearing a silk smoking jacket, cravat and monogrammed slippers, I do love it, but find it a tad dandified 🧐

[@jamxone80]

How did you uncork it?. I, getting a vintage soon with opening issues

[@shivavereen7824]

That was great!

[@marcofsw]

I just scored a bottle from Germany. I notice I have a lot to study...

[@vladaface1]

I live for this kind of shhhhhh...it❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@niels9565]

I enjoyed this video

[@brunogiambroni1422]

4:13 😂😂😂

[@jamesa.4454]

You guy's talking about this perfume for maybe 10 to 15 min what perfume is it ;; Hermes what

[@premshreepillai717]

It's also worth considering that incredible works of art are a function of not only some (potential) inherent greatness, but also a function of the specific historic context within which it started being perceived as such, and the constant relating of that "greatness" over time - in other words, it's hard to separate what constitutes truly great work from what got privileged distribution due all kinds of factors, including oppression, racism, etc etc.

[@TheMrZanshin]

Just the thumbnail made me laugh.

[@timetomuskup2]

🤙🏼🤘🏻👍

[@mohamedsow8935]

I turned it off when you got Edmond Roudnitska wrong...

[@volsungen]

Maybe do magic tricks next time.

[@andrewbhurvitz6298]

I think you forgot his IG link: instagram.com/earlygreek/