First of all, let us talk about the object itself. Because this is not a foundation. This is a design piece. The bottle feels like something Pierre Hardy sketched in a Parisian café while drinking espresso and thinking about perfection. Frosted glass. Clean lines. Black metal pump engraved with Hermès Paris. A cap topped with the iconic gold ex libris. It looks like it belongs on a marble vanity next to a silk scarf and a Birkin. Which is exactly where mine now lives.

But the real story starts when you actually apply it.

This foundation has that rare quality of feeling invisible while doing absolutely everything. It melts into the skin like a second layer of you but better rested, more hydrated, slightly more radiant version of you. The finish is luminous matte, which sounds like a contradiction until you see it on your face and think yes this is exactly what I have been looking for my entire life.

It gives medium coverage, enough to blur imperfections and even out tone, but never heavy. The skin still looks like skin. No mask. No cakiness. No foundation face. More like you woke up in the south of France after eight hours of sleep and drank green juice instead of coffee.

The formula is where things get very impressive. It is made with 71 percent ingredients of natural origin and an 82 percent skincare base. Inside you will find niacinamide to improve skin quality, pure hyaluronic acid for intense moisture, and white mulberry extract to protect against oxidative stress. Which basically means your foundation is now also your skincare and honestly I am here for this multitasking energy.

There is also a perfecting primer in the same line, and together they feel like a proper ritual. The primer is weightless and satin, smoothing pores, controlling shine, and making everything look more polished without feeling like you are wearing anything at all. You can use it alone on no makeup days or under the foundation for that elevated finish that makes people ask what are you using on your skin.

Application is designed to be intuitive. You can use fingers for a natural result or the Le Perfecteur brush which deserves its own paragraph because it is beautiful. Made in France by a heritage brush company founded in 1793, with dense synthetic fibres that do not absorb product and blend everything evenly. It feels technical and luxurious at the same time which is very Hermès.

Now let us talk about shades. There are thirty four in total, grouped into five intensities from light to deep, each with three undertones. Cool, neutral and warm. The effect is subtle and refined, nothing overly yellow or pink. The kind of shades that blend into your skin so softly you forget you are wearing foundation at all.

And this is the part that surprised me most. This foundation does not scream luxury. It whispers it. It does not try to be dramatic or editorial. It is quiet, elegant, and confident. Like a woman who does not need to prove anything because she already knows she looks good.

After wearing it for several days, long days, travel days, real life days, I can say this is one of those products that will stay in rotation. It wears beautifully, lasts all day, keeps skin hydrated, and somehow manages to improve how your complexion looks even after you take it off.

Which feels slightly unfair. But also very welcome.

If foundation is the most personal makeup product, as Hermès says, then this one feels like finding your perfect match. Not loud. Not dramatic. Just effortless, polished, and quietly impeccable.

The kind of foundation you wear when you want to look like yourself.
On a very, very good day.

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