richard herpin
Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Zaad Exclusive O Boticário
Zaad Exclusive
Signature for Men S.T. Dupont
Signature for Men
Jaguar Essentially
Daisy Eau So Fresh Sorbet
Spring in Paris
Birmane
Named for Burma — a nod to the exotic East — Birmane from Van Cleef & Arpels opens with a tropical-citrus accord built around pineapple, lemon, and bergamot.
Birmane Van Cleef & Arpels
Named for Burma — a nod to the exotic East — Birmane from Van Cleef & Arpels opens with a tropical-citrus accord built around pineapple, lemon, and bergamot.
Agua de Vetiver
Cocktail Splash Cranberry
CK One Summer 2012
Among the annual CK One Summer variants, the 2012 edition has a compositional move worth remembering: rum in the base.
Lauren Style
Daisy Sorbet
Rosé Rush
Rosé Rush opens on neroli — a fresh, slightly bitter orange-blossom note that reads cleaner and more sophisticated than the branding might suggest.
Harajuku Lovers Sunshine Cuties Music
Tropical Splash Hibiscus
Edgewater
Verino Pour Homme
Usher He
Badgley Mischka
The original Badgley Mischka opens with an unexpected warmth—cinnamon dusted over ripe peach, immediately soft and approachable rather than sharp.
The Library Collection Opus VIII
The Library Collection Opus VIII opens with a deceptive softness—jasmine and orange blossom arrive not as soliflore sweetness but as pale, waxy petals against ylang-ylang's creamy heft.
Glam
Neo Aventura
Daisy Kiss
Neo Evolution
Tropical Splash Kumquat
Tracy
Citron Fig
Wild Child
Divine Sensual
Raspberry, star anise, peach, and grapefruit open with an animated fruity-spiced beginning — the anise providing a herbal-sweet dimension against the straightforward fruitiness of raspberry and peach.
Replay for Him
Flower by Cynthia Rowley EDP
Flower by Cynthia Rowley opens with a crisp, slightly bitter violet leaf that gives way almost immediately to a pillowy white floral core.