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I've learned that my first impression videos are basically me opening things that were
sent to me in the mail, and then telling you about it, and then telling you to go to my
blog.
And strangely enough, I'm okay with that.
Hi everyone!
So look what came in the mail, it's a little tiny package from Hermes which is a French
luxury goods brand.
And they like leather and orange, like the colour orange.
I'm a fan of both, so that's a thing.
So what originally happened was - I am not prepared for this video. Excuse me for a minute.
So I'm reading this book called The Perfect Scent by Chandler Burr.
It's really good, I recommend it.
Basically it tells the non-fiction story of the creation of - oh my God, I am all over
the place.
Creation of a perfume from the brand of Hermes.
I went into the downtown Toronto store and I asked for the that specific perfume that
the book tells about.
They said they didn't have it, and that they would send me a sample.
So they did send me something, but it's actually not the sample that I was talking about because
they didn't have it in stock.
But I know for sure one of them that's in this is called Un Jardin... I'm not sure how
to pronounce it.
It basically translates into Garden on the Roof, but that's in here, as well as some
other things so we're going to open it up and I'll tell you my first impressions of
it.
Question mark?
I lost all the trains of thoughts.
It wasn't even one, there were many of them and they were all-- it was a big collision.
I'm so sorry, there was nothing I could do to save it.
So let's hack into this thing, see what's inside, and then we'll see where that takes
us.
So, let's begin hacking away.
And by hacking I mean-- I don't even need scissors, do I?
Probably do, 'cause I'm a weakling.
Are you impressed?
Okay, I definitely need scissors.
Okay, one moment please.
Go get yourself a nice cup of tea or something, might be a while.
Why would they wrap it so hard?
Like, who's gonna get into this?
The postman's going to be like 'oh yes, hmmm, this package seems like a good thing to open
and steal'.
No, that doesn't happen, we're Canadian, people!
Oh, no!
I'm so sick and tired of this package already.
Okay, we got it.
I am a gentle creature of God.
Ouuuu there are two things in here.
Wow, I thought there would be more because the package is large.
But there's two things.
Alright, empty package - goodbye!
And then there's these two little boxes.
Can you see it?
Oh, wow! Focus, camera!
Okay, so these are boxes and they're nice things.
I don't know which one I'm supposed to open, so I'll open this one.
I hope they have named on them, because I'm still not sure what I'm supposed to be getting
in this.
There wasn't a card or anything, either.
Okay, so there's two samples in this.
This is Voyage d'Hermes, if that's how you pronounce it.
Voyage d'Hermes, not sure if the other one's the same, but...
This is Eau d'Orange Verte, which I'm not very good in French, but I'm fairly sure translates
to the green and orange water.
So those two, and I'm not going to smell them yet.
And here we've got...
This is Terre d'Hermes? Ground of Hermes?
I didn't even take French in high school.
And this is Un Jardin Sur Le Toit. Toit.
I don't think that's how you pronounce it, Gil.
Okay, let's sniff this one exclusively, and then if you want to find out what I think
of the other ones - and this one - I'll just do a more in-depth review on my blog, so just
go to the description, click on the screen, I don't care where it's going to be.
Alright, so this is, let's do it, wow!
Oh, wow! Impressive!
Not so impressive anymore.
Okay.
Florals!
Yay!
I'm disappointed and I don't know why.
I should have looked up the notes, this is floral. Something floral.
Maybe I'll tease you with another one.
Which one shall we...
The orange and green water sounds interesting, intriguing.
But this is very nice actually, it's nice florals.
Oh! Ohhh wow!
That was majestic!
I hope I put that on rewind, slow motion, though.
Fun fact: did you know that sometimes sloths mistake their own arms for branches and they
fall to their deaths.
This smells like orange! And green! And it's water and it's exciting to me, I can't wait
to review it and find out exactly what's in this because I have no idea!
Okay, let's move onto the outro, shall we?
A huge thank you to Hermes for sending me these samples.
It honestly makes me so happy when brands are nice and they have good customer service
and it makes me so much more inclined to buy from them.
A bunch of the things that I smelled-- and I sprayed a few more after the--
Few more? There's only four Gil.
Math!
I sprayed the others and they're really nice, so I'm gonna probably purchase them at some
point.
And the fact that they send me the thing just makes me very warm on the inside, and there
was a power out and it was very cold, but that's besides the point and I'm rambling.
So if you like this video, please give it a thumbs up.
Hit the subscribe button, wherever YouTube moves it now.
You know some people are like oh, hit the subscribe button down below, and then you
find out that it's from three years ago and the subscribe button is now on top - s***
happens.
Wow, did I just swear in my video? No!
This is a family-friendly channel.
Mostly.
Not really though.
What was I saying?
Yes, leave a comment, too.
Bye!