A hauntingly beautiful, gothic blend of wet rain-soaked earth, cool mountain air, and a solitary, pale winter rose.

Etat Libre D’Orange Hermann A Mes Cotes Me Paraissait Une Ombre (translated as "Hermann at my side seemed to me like a shadow") is an intensely poetic, atmospheric masterpiece that explores the relationship between a traveler and their own alternative self. Inspired by Victor Hugo’s melancholy poem about two horsemen riding through a dark forest, master perfumer Quentin Bisch captures the hyper-realistic scent of petrichor—the smell of fresh rain hitting dry soil. The fragrance opens with a sharp, cooling gust of spicy pepperwood, green galbanum, and bitter-sweet blackcurrant buds. As you wander deeper into this olfactive forest, an unconventional, metallic heart of geosmin and dewy rose absolute emerges, mimicking a gloomy damp evening before settling into an unforgettable, long-lasting shadow of clean earthy patchouli, vetiver, and mineral ambroxan.

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