lunedì 3 febbraio 2014

How to recognize HERMES perfumes.






Hermes is one of the greatest French fashion houses. Perfumes are well-known for luxury and quality. Here is the complete list of batch numbers since 1978.

"Decoding" batch numbers is not so simple, mainly for two reasons:
1- The code itself  (missed letters, changing schemes during years), and:
2-  "Erasing" of letters and numbers from the bottle. This point it's very important: unfortunately, until beginning of Nineties, Hermès used "painted" batch numbers on the bottom of most of bottles. These numbers are very easily "erased". This picture is an example (below):
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This is a bottle of "Equipage", 2nd version. You can read the "painted" batch number: LE21. And this is OK. As you will learn later, it's easily dated "year 1989".
But have a look on this other bottle (below): 
here you can see a bottle of "Amazon" (2nd edition), year 1990. Where is the batch number on the bottom? It doesn't exist anymore. Completely erased. Painted numbers, unfortunately are easily erased.
If you want to put a date on these bottles and you haven't the box, you are in big troubles. 
You could even suspect it's a fake, when it's a genuine bottle.
Be careful with Hermes bottles "apparently" without any number or code.

Here's the 
HERMES BATCH CODE


Since 1978 until 1999:
You have to check first and second letter.
FIRST LETTER = YEAR  
SECOND LETTER = MONTH (A=January, B=February, C=March, etc)

First letter:
A---1978
B---1979
C---1980
D---1981
E---1982
F---1983
G---1984
H---1985
I---1986
J---1987
K---1988
L---1989
M---1990
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(here barcode appeared on the box)
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N---1991    (letter O not used)
P---1992     (letter Q probably not used)
R---1993
S---1994
T---1995
U---1996
V---1997
W---1998
X---1999     (letters Y, Z not used)


Since 2000: 
shifting to another code,
you have to check the first number.
plus some box clues (i.e. address, list of ingredients/allergens)
so:
0--- 2000
1--- 2001
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(here address "rue Boissy d'Anglas" appeared on the box)
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2--- 2002
3----2003
4--- 2004
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(here long list of ingredients appeared on the box)
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5--- 2005
6--- 2006
7--- 2007
8--- 2008
9--- 2009
0--- 2010
1--- 2011
2--- 2012
3--- 2013
Please note this scheme is not "certified" by anyone; it's only a work made by a genuine fragrance lover.

...and remember to see "Tutorial Pics" for some help.


Previously we recognized, batch-by-batch, year-by-year:
-GUERLAIN perfumes ( here )
-YVES SAINT LAURENT perfumes ( here )
-CHRISTIAN  DIOR perfumes  ( here )
-GIORGIO ARMANI Perfumes ( here )
-VAN CLEEF et ARPELS perfumes ( here )
-CHANEL perfumes ( here )





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TUTORIAL PICS


(from Ebay) Amazone, first version (1974-1988)
BA255 = year 1979

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Equipage (first version) batch DI690
= year 1981


(from Ebay) Caleche
DD619 = year 1981


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Parfum d'Hermès, launched in 1984, batch GIB
= year 1984

Amazone, first version,
batch HC2H = year 1985

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BelAmi, batch IF5I
= year 1986  

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BelAmi, launched in 1986, batch JA1C
= year 1987


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(from Ebay) Parfum d'Hermes, launched in 1984
KC1D = year 1988

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Equipage, second version
LE2F = year 1989

(from Ebay) Amazone, second version (since 1989)
MB1F = year 1990.

(Ebay) Amazone,  second version (launched in 1989)
tester box, ML1M = year 1990

(Ebay) Equipage, second version
PG1H = year 1992

(Ebay) Caleche
RG1CS = year 1993

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(Ebay) 24 Faubourg, launched in 1995
TD1F = year 1995

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(Ebay) 24 Faubourg, batch UC1D
= year 1996

raiders
(Ebay) Rocabar (launched in 1998),
batch WG1H = year 1998

(Ebay) BelAmi,
batch WA1B = year 1998

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(Ebay) 24 Faubourg, launched in 1995.
XD1E = year 1999


(Ebay) Eau d'Orange Verte
XB1C = year 1999

(Ebay) Hiris, launched during year 1999
XD1G = year 1999

(Ebay) Hermes Rouge, launched in 2000
0F1J = year 2000

Hermes Rouge
0J1A3 = year 2000



(Ebay) BelAmi
batch 1H1J = year 2001

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SINCE 2001-2002
ADRRESS: "23 RUE BOISSY D'ANGLAS"
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Hermes Rouge Eau Delicate, launched in 2002,
batch 2G1M = year 2002
(NOTE : ADDRESS 23 RUE BOISSY D'ANGLAS)


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(Ebay) Bel Ami
2L1A3= year 2002.



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(Ebay) 24 Faubourg,
4K2AG = year 2004


(Ebay) Kelly Caleche, launched in 2007
batch 7EFxx = year 2007


(Ebay) 24 Faubourg
batch 9JAAY = year 2009


(Ebay) Eau d'Orange Verte concentree.
9ACAZ = year 2009

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(Ebay) 24 Faubourg, limited edition,
0CABE = year 2010



(Ebay) Jardin Sour le Toit, 
1BB#W  = year 2011

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24 Faubourg, plus the long list of ingredients on box (since 2005)
2DAUU = year 2012







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