Jour D’ Hermes EDP

Jour d’Hermès EDP is a luminous floral fresh fragrance built around grapefruit, gardenia and musk, and Maids Scents carries the authentic Eau de Parfum with delivery across Nigeria and beyond.

What is Jour d’Hermès EDP?

Jour d’Hermès EDP launched in 2013, created by Hermès’ own in-house perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena, the original composition that later inspired Jour d’Hermès Absolu EDP, which we already carry. The name Jour means dawn, and Hermès frames the fragrance as a luminous and sensual floral that flourishes from dawn until dusk. Perfume critics at the time noted this release as a genuine departure from Ellena’s usual minimalist style toward something bigger, brighter and bolder, described as a wall of flowers.

Fragrance Profile

Jour d’Hermès EDP opens with grapefruit, lemon and watery notes, a sunny, tart burst more than one reviewer specifically describes as exhilarating and playful, immediately setting a bright, technicolor tone.

As it develops, the heart brings in white flowers, gardenia, green notes and sweet pea, radiantly floral and fresh. It’s genuinely worth being honest that reception to this composition is starkly, extremely divided, with one reviewer specifically calling it the most beautiful and perfect scent ever created, a fragrance they’d choose for life, while a separate detailed reviewer describes the exact same floral bouquet as dominated by a distractingly large sprig of green tomato stem that they simply cannot get past.

The base settles into musk and woody notes, closing out a clean, classy dry-down more than one reviewer describes as calming, like meeting a good old friend, though a smaller number of reviewers find the whole composition feels more like a standard department-store clean-musky-floral than anything genuinely original.

Top Notes: Grapefruit, Lemon, Watery Notes
Heart Notes: White Flowers, Gardenia, Green Notes, Sweet Pea
Base Notes: Musk, Woody Notes

Who Should Wear Jour d’Hermès?

Jour d’Hermès EDP suits anyone who wants a genuinely luminous, tart, floral-fresh signature rather than a heavy, sweet scent. More than one reviewer specifically calls it a unique addition to the Hermès brand, adding a genuine flair that isn’t quite like anything else in the house’s wider range.

Jour d’Hermès EDP has also earned lasting devotion from more than one reviewer specifically naming it their desert-island fragrance, the one perfume they’d choose above all others if they had to pick just one.

Performance and Longevity

It’s genuinely worth being honest that reported performance is directly contradictory here. One detailed reviewer specifically describes the longevity as superb, while a separate reviewer reports it very poor on their own skin, fluctuating unpredictably in character throughout the day.

Two to three sprays on pulse points is a sensible starting point given this genuine variability across different wearers.

Best Time to Wear Jour d’Hermès in Nigeria

More than one detailed reviewer specifically finds this fragrance a touch too strong for peak summer heat, suggesting spring and autumn as better seasons, which maps naturally onto Nigeria’s cooler harmattan season, where drier air lets the musk and woody base perform at its most balanced.

Buying Jour d’Hermès From Maids Scents

Every Hermès bottle we stock, including Jour d’Hermès, comes from verified suppliers, so what you receive matches what you’d get through an authorised Hermès retailer.

We deliver across Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Kano, Enugu, Benin City and the rest of Nigeria, and we ship internationally for orders placed from outside the country.

You can read more about the fragrance on its ÇaFleureBon review.

If you’re curious how it compares, Jour d’Hermès Absolu EDP is worth trying too, or browse our full range of perfumes in Nigeria.

Jour d’Hermès EDP is in stock now at Maids Scents.