Fragrance houses

Hermès

46 fragrances, mapped across five axes.

What the Hermès range is made of

Across the 46 Hermès fragrances Zenyra has mapped, the materials that recur most are vetiver (17%), musk (15%), cedar (15%). No single note dominates, which is itself a choice — this is a house that works across a palette rather than around a signature material.

On Zenyra's five axes the house reads smoother than the catalogue as a whole: texture averages 0.32 against 0.48 across all mapped fragrances. That is a wide margin, and it is the clearest thing the data says about this house.

One idea, or many

The Hermès range spreads 0.140 across the five axes — neither a house built on one idea nor one that covers the whole map. There is a recognisable centre with real variation around it.

The median release year across the mapped range is 2006.

Where Hermès sits

Warmth0.45 vs 0.51 catalogue
Projection0.42 vs 0.51 catalogue
Risk0.22 vs 0.34 catalogue
Texture0.32 vs 0.48 catalogue
Sweetness0.31 vs 0.40 catalogue

Every Hermès fragrance

These are the same five axes behind The Fragrance Taste Index, which maps all 5,308 fragrances. To find where your own taste sits, take the fragrance quiz.