Barénia is the first chypre ever launched by Hermès, which has been producing fine fragrances since the 1950s. Chypre fragrances are one of the world’s oldest and most mysterious olfactive ...

Hands up who knows what a chypre is? That's not intended to be a patronising question: on a recent tour for my book, The Perfume Bible across the UK, I asked the same thing of over 300 different ...