Comme je le soulignais, la grande majorité des critiques à l’encontre des Hermessence concernent la tenue inexistante. Voici un avis récent parmi de nombreux autres trouvé sur Basenotes où la personne exprime son grand mécontentement après avoir acheté à l’aveugle un flacon d’Osmanthe Yunnan qui ne sent plus rien après seulement 10 minutes et qu’elle qualifie de pire exemple en matière de transparence et de mièvrerie olfactives d’un parfum.

I have to put my foot down here and call a spade a spade as I just wasted $250 on a blind buy of Osmanthe Yunnan. First of all, take all the high praise this has received and push it to the side, because none of it matters when YOU CAN’T EVEN SMELL THE SCENT 10 MINUTES AFTER APPLYING IT ! This is one of the worst examples "transparency" I’ve come across in perfumery. It is so light as to basically be imperceptible. Even as a skin scent it is extremely light. And it’s BORING. It’s highlight is a 2 minute flash of a juicy orange and apricot smell, and that’s the extent of anything remotely interesting about this scent. The juicy orange quickly dies down, and now, barely breathing, emanating about 1 millimeter off of your skin you may smell a vague, floral apricot smell. It gets even quieter and then Osmanthe Yunnan turns into what smells like a dull piece of suede leather or very bland, unremarkable "tea." As I’ve mentioned, all of this occurs on the skin, but not a millimeter beyond it. Well, it’s a personal scent. NO, It’s not. I can’t even smell it for my own personal enjoyment. And when I can smell it it’s all so unremarkable. Really, this was a huge let down. If you absolutely need to get your nose on this, make sure to sample it. It is not a safe blind buy. I’ve heard so many euphemisms used to describe OY : ’sheer,’ ’transparent,’ ’gossamer,’ ’like silk’ and I have to shake my head and ask "why ?" Just be honest with yourselves and the public—this stuff is WEAK. No way around it. Thumbs down.

13th August, 2019 (last edited : 03rd January, 2020)