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This scent's violet note exists because of ionone, synthesized in 1893 to replace violet-flower oil, once one of the most expensive materials in perfumery.
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Created by Ralf Schwieger for Hermes, Eau des Merveilles opens on orange, lemon, and elemi, moves through a heart of amber, pepper, and violet, and closes on fir, oakmoss, and cedar. Its unusual pairing of bright citrus with a resinous, almost woody amber gave it a distinctive, slightly salty-sweet character quite unlike conventional amber fragrances, and it remains one of Hermes's more original and frequently discussed feminine releases.
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