Our take
What does H24 smell like?
Christine Nagel composed H24 for Hermès in 2021, fifteen years after Terre d'Hermès. The house calls it a high-tech fougère and lists just four materials, without sorting them into top, heart and base. Clary sage opens it, green and slightly musky, with the bitterness of dry herbs. Narcissus answers with an odd floral that smells of hay and leather rather than petals. Rosewood adds a peppery softness. Then there is sclarene, a warm metallic molecule that gives H24 its signature. Some people pick it up immediately, others only in the last hour. It suggests hot laundry, steam and smooth surfaces. The whole thing is remarkably sheer. This is not a perfume that tries to charm on first sniff.
When to wear it
Daytime and office wear from spring to autumn, for anyone tired of sweet men's scents. Three or four sprays, since it sits close.
It belongs to the Fougère, Aromatic family. H24 is one of 47 creations by Hermès in our encyclopedia.
