Tag Archives: Hermes

Our Best-Of fragrances

22 August 2011
Hats off to a few fragrances that have charmed our olfactory senses this season and fullfilled our desire for original scents: Mon Jasmin Noir from Bulgari, a luminous floral symphony created by Olivier Polge: an absolute of Arabian jasmine enhanced with top notes of lily-of-the-valey, drying down to lingering precious wood notes. The jewel-l...
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Luxury: the new “Retail” formats are found in Asia

8 June 2011
By Michel Gutsatz - BrandWatch Two new boutique concepts perfectly illustrate the research luxury brands have been devoting to their "retail" formats. These two initiatives have seen the day in Asia - showing not only that these are the most important markets for luxury brands, but also that a brand is capable of being innovative. Dior has just r...
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Jean-Louis Dumas passes away

17 May 2010
[caption id="attachment_3765" align="alignright" width="296" caption="Jean_Louis Dumas - Hermes"][/caption] Jean-Louis Dumas, former CEO of Hermès, passed away on May 1. He was of the fifth generation of the family and joined the group in 1964, to take over as Chairman in 1978. An entrepreneur and also imaginative, he inspired the extraordinary d...
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Hermès excellence travels

9 March 2010
Only Hermès could have come up with so much evidence and elegance in one object: besides, this is what has always made the house what it is, in every area. The year of travel comes with a fragrance by Jean-Claude Ellena, who has put every one of his desires for discovery into it, with as many surprises as memories of elsewhere, so the men and wome...
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