Hermes twilly
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As with the original, the dry down is vaguely woody and soft, with a white musk vibe. The dry down is where the trio of Twillys (what is the collective noun for a group of Twillys? A flourish? A vibrance? Answers in the comments, please) merge into each other. It works perfectly exactly because it doesn’t take centre stage. It adds a sharp greenery and a touch of sweet, petal-like floralcy but is overall a subtle contrast to the star of the show – that zing-tactic ginger.
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For Twilly the flower was tuberose (fresh, fleshy, sweet) and for Eau Poivrée it was rose (warm, spicy, fruity), but in the case of Eau Ginger, the floral accent is peony. But that ginger, oh that ginger, it’s so darn satisfying.Īt the heart of each Twilly there is a flower, each adorned by the zingy, electric notes that give the fragrances their bubbly personalities. In the first instances it smells like freshly squeezed lemonade fizzing and bubbling underneath stripes of candied ginger, and it certainly feels as if it has more of a juicy, citrus vibe than the others in the collection. Taking the subversive ginger note from the original Twilly (mixing ginger with tuberose was a novel stroke of genius from Nagel, let’s be real), Eau Ginger focuses on presenting a juicier, more candied interpretation of ginger. Twilly d’Hermès Eau Ginger certainly lives up to its name in the opening. Are you ready for Twilly 3: The Gingering? OK, fine, that was a bad pun. And now we have the third Twilly – Twilly d’Hermès Eau Ginger, which plays on the unusual ginger note of the original and is described by Hermès as “joyful, bright and sparkling”. Twilly has obviously been a popular addition for Hermès, because it was quickly followed by the sequel Twilly Eau Poivrée, a red rose electrified by the most photorealistic pink pepper accord known to man, which brought a sense of vibrancy and energy to the franchise. Created as an accessible entry point for younger consumers and inspired by the Hermès scarves of the same name, Twilly is a subversive tuberose zhuzzed up by a zing of ginger. Out of the many things perfumer Christine Nagel has created for Hermés since joining the brand as in-house Perfumer, I think the Twilly franchise is my favourite.